Bonsai Gallery of Walter Pall: Mugo Pine nr. 9

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Mugo Pine (Pinus Mugo) #9

90 cm high without the jin
Around 120 years old
Pot by Derek Aspinall
from a tree which was collected in Germany in 1995

This tree I found on a trip with the late Derek Aspinall, my dear friend. Actually Derek saw it first. When we had this one and a few others home he was kind of disappointed to not get it because he had seen it first. Well, such is life if you are taken into the mountains with a gold digger. He shows you a few tricks, but the gold that is found on the trip is his. Anyway, later on this tree became the one with the long Viking deadwood. Lots of folks suggested to cut it down. One could do it and make this an ordinary pine that looks like so many bonsai. But one could also leave it as a statement. By now people got used to modern bonsai where such extravagance is a main feature of a design.