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Victrinia Ridgeway
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Austrian Black Pine

This is a tree I've had for a couple years now... I took it to our convention last fall and Kathy Shaner and I worked on it together. I put it in a Dale Cochoy pot today and I'm deeply delighted with how it's coming along. It was a rangy looking thing when I first got it, but with good pruning I got really vigorous back budding which let me get it into this image. A few more years and it'll be a right smart looking tree. :)

Enjoy....

V


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[img]https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j192/theladysabine/Austrian-Black-Pine_Cochoy3.jpg[/img]

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TomM
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SERIOUS BONSAI INDEED !!
Excellent Victrinia. I especially like the first image. This looks like a big guy. Dale Cochoy's (Wild Things Bonsai Studio, Hartville, Ohio) pottery is really powerful, superbly bringing out the beast and soul of your tree. A home run - so glad you shared with us here.
Further refinement over the years will only "sweeten the deal".
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manofthetrees
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beautiful tree K!!! it looks like a different tree at each angle.
whats the white stuff with the moss? I'm into the little accent plants that can be planted w/ bonsai, it brings you in for an up close look
brianjuniper
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is this a graft? If so onto what? thanks.

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Beautiful tree.
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rainbowgardener
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Yeah, I loved Victrina's work and her writing. Unfortunately this post from February was the last one she has done here. I hope she comes back some time!
LonghornRancher
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Lovely tree lil sister. Looks good in that "Dale" pot as well.
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manofthetrees
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oh no :( that sucks that V is gone .I haven't been around for some time so maybe she will pop in soon too
gbhunter77
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Nice tree. Any books you can recomend on black pine before I destroy mine?
LonghornRancher
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google bonsai boon. He has some videos that are the best that have ever been made in reference to dealing with JBP... You can read all you want, but seeing it done is where it's at.
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Gnome
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gbhunter77 wrote:Nice tree. Any books you can recomend on black pine before I destroy mine?
Stone Lantern has a pretty good book that is worth considering. Actually it is a collection of articles from past issues of Bonsai Today.

https://www.stonelantern.com/Pine_Bonsai_trees_book_how_to_pine_bonsai_p/b1pine.htm

Norm

BTW, in this book Black Pine is Japanese Black Pine, not Austrian as this thread is about.
blackcondor1
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Wow - what a beautiful tree :)


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