Radiata Pine (Pinus radiata)
Although there are many forestry species of pine planted around Australia, Pinus radiata is by far the most prolific. Known as radiata in Australia it is also known as the Monterey pine in places such...
View ArticleEvolution of a Radiata
The following bonsai is one of the first trees I collected a number of years ago. It is a radiata or Monterey pine (Pinus radiata). I quite like the species to work with but i am still trying to really...
View ArticlePinus Radiata (Monterey Pine) Techniques.
Pinus radiata was first introduced into Australia in the early 1850’s but was not commercially planted in large numbers until the 1960’s. Since their implementation as a commercial timber crop,...
View ArticlePinus Radiata (Monterey Pine) Techniques 2.
If you read my previous post Pinus Radiata (Monterey Pine) Techniques you are probably wondering how the progress is going. The answer is slowly but surely. After asking all over the net, i have come...
View ArticlePinus Radiata update
Things have been a bit slow of late on the blog as I am in the process of moving both offices at work and houses. The good news is the house I am moving into has a bigger backyard and the office is...
View ArticleAutumn needle thinning
It’s that time of the year again. It’s a time of the year that I both look forward to and dread. Once you amass a certain number of pines you begin to realise just how much time you need to set aside...
View ArticleInteresting Radiatas.
Amongst the display trees that I saw at collectors corner (which can be seen HERE and HERE) I noticed that a large percentage of the display trees were Pinus Radiata. In fact the first tree that greets...
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