Ironically he took an Austrian black pine, Pinus nigra austriaca, for it which is a typical pine for Italy and not at all for Germany or even Austria despite it's name. He collects 'species' and apparently did not have a European black pine. He said that they don't really use them and I have more than they all. Well, I have about ten or so.
Anyway, I am happy with a European larch in my garden as they kind of like my climate. This one was full of algae when I presented it on my Late Summer Meeting. I applied my BIOTREECLEANER and one can see the great result. Then I took off most of the old long needles and then wired every branch for a couple of hours. I like the result.
The nebari of this tree is the weakest part, it is lousy. Well, I believe that if I get a rock made so that the larch looks like growing in the mountains we will overcome the nebari problem. Te last image shows sort of where I am aiming in a clumsy way.
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