Japanese Black Pine Bonsai Tree | Starter Plant | Pinus Thunbergii 2 inch pot

Start your bonsai adventure with this cute Japanese black pine starter tree.  The tree will come in a 2 inch plastic pot and will be about 4-5 inches tall.  We suggest doing your own research on how to grow these plants for your climate. Summary: Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii) is an irregular needled evergreen that usually does not grow with a straight central leader, but instead matures into a flat-topped specimen with drooping branches. If there is a predominant leader, it is often a thick twisting structure rather than a straight trunk. The tree has dark-green needles, 5 to 7 inches long, with upright new-growth candles that are a contrasting silky white. The brown cones are 1 to 3 inches long. In ideal locations, the pure species can grow to be quite a large tree, up to 80 feet tall, but many popular cultivars are dwarf varieties, some of which remain only 3 to 10 feet tall. Unfortunately, mature trees are susceptible to a variety of fungal diseases, so large specimens mor