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Pine bonsai recently wired, informal upright

Different information if it is Sylvestris or Virginiana

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#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
Pine bonsai, red-brown oval container, gray background and base Pine bonsai wired, red-brown oval, gray base and background, informal upright
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Chameacyparis obtusa ‘Verdoni’

Hinoki cypress bonsai

Started in 2022, under 1 foot tall including container

Tom Benda family oval container

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#hinoki
#hinokibonsai
#cypressbonsai
Informal upright, slanting to left Hinoki cypress bonsai, under 1 foot tall. Rust brown small oval container from Benda family. Gray background.
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Picea mariana bonsai

Black Spruce bonsai

Placed this a bit too high when potting it this past spring, plan to fix it in the future, not yet wired.

Japanese pot, mokko-ish, from Shuho, purchased at Kaede Bonsai.

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#picea
#piceamariana
#blackspruce
#blacksprucebonsai
Black spruce bonsai in black mokko bonsai pot, gray background. 

Picea mariana
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Morella californica bonsai

Pacific Wax Myrtle

Progression from purchase in May 2023, repot in January 2024, now September 2025, one wiring and removal, and pruned on four occasions.

Bruning round pot.

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#myrtlebonsai
#broadleafevergreenbonsai
#pnwbonsai
Morella californica bonsai, broadleaf evergreen slanting left in round green Bruning pot, grey background 

Pacific Wax Myrtle Morella californica bonsai, broadleaf evergreen slanting left in round green Bruning pot, grey background 

Pacific Wax Myrtle Morella californica bonsai, broadleaf evergreen slanting left in round green Bruning pot, grey background, more growth 

Pacific Wax Myrtle
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Yes, and they do—
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Pinus mugo

Mugo pinus bonsai acquired this summer (Kyodai Bonsai) for future development—haven’t worked on it yet, good setup by others.

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#pinusbonsai
#pinusmugo
#bonsaidevelopment
#pinebonsai
Mugo pine bonsai in brown oval container, significant deadwood on left upward, foliage on lower right.
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Larix kaempheri

Japanese Larch acquired this summer (Kyodai Bonsai) for future development

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#larix
#larch
#larchbonsai
Japanese Larch bonsai, upright and unwired, brown plastic oval bonsai pot. Gray siding background.
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Thanks—not sure on age, I’m bad at estimating. I’ve had it three years, and I think it was in a 5 gallon nursery pot, maybe three feet tall when I purchased it. The trunk is about two inches.
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Pinus nigra ‘Oregon Green’ starting in development

Austrian Black Pine ‘Oregon Green’

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#pinusbonsai
#bonsaidevelopment
#pinusnigra
#austrianblackpine
Pinus nigra ‘Oregon Green’ in brown oval plastic bonsai pot, in development

Austrian Black Pine ‘Oregon Green’
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Lodgepole pine bonsai

Portland Nursery bonsai show with the Bonsai Society of Portland, 2025

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#pinebonsai
#pinuscontortalatifolia
#bsop
Lodgepole pine bonsai, round brown pot
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Douglas Fir, four year old volunteer from neighbor’s tree, two years in this pot.

Pseudotsuga menziesii

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#pseudotsuga
Small Douglas Fir four year old bonsai in small gray round pot