Pinus ponderosa     

Below photo RMBS Ponderosa Pine Logo Tree, designed by original club member Bob Kataoka: New 01-01-2018

Dancing with pines …(not for hoi polloi) by Prairiebreak  New 04-17-2020

Most of the following Ponderosa Pine trees belong to RMBS members or the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Common Names: Ponderosa Pine, Bull Pine, Blackjack Pine, or Western Yellow Pine

Books: Local RMBS International Bonsai Master Larry Jackel has authored a fantasic book on Ponderosa Pines as Bonsai. Credit: Stone Lantern “Larry Jackel focuses on one of the most beautiful and dramatic bonsai trees in North America, the Poderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa). Ponderosas are rugged, handsome trees that are easily distinguished by their thick plated orangish bark. Old collected Ponderosas pine bonsai are prized by bonsai artists.”

Botanical & Ecological Characteristics:

Colorado State University: Colorado Forest Types – Ponderosa Pine, Colorado’s Major Tree Species,

Colorado State University: Pinon “Pitch Mass” Borer  Note: This borer may affect Ponderosa Pine trees.

Colorado State University: Zimmerman Pine Moth Note: Damage may look like Colorado Pine Beatle

CP-LUHNA: Biotic Communities of the Colorado Plateau – Ponderosa Pine Forest – PDF download

Dancing with pines …(not for hoi polloi) by Prairiebreak  New 04-17-2020

Fred Bentler: Ponderosa Pine Trees

National Park Service: Ponderosa Pine

Texas A&M Forest Service: Restoring the Ponderosa Pines  New 10-22-2018

The Gymnosperm Database: Pinus Ponderosa

United States Department of Agriculture: Field Guide to Old Ponderosa Pines in the Colorado Front Range  rmrs_gtr109   Updated 12-08-2021

United States Department of Agriculture:  Tree Profile, State Distribution, Colorado County Distribution & Identification and Ecology of Old Ponderosa Pine Trees in the Colorado Front Range

Utah State University: Ponderosa Pine Updated 12-08-2021

Wikipedia: Tree Profile

Bonsai Information:

2,520 Degree Ponderosa Pine by Michael Hagedorn  New 11-27-2019

Bonsai Study Group:  Ponderosa Tips from Walter Pall

Colorado State University: Mountain Pine Beetle

maximizing ponderosa pine by Bonsai Marai  New 12-23-2018

New Design for an Awarded Ponderosa Pine- by Michael Hagedorn   New 12-15-2018

Pikes Peak Bonsai Society: Ponderosa Pine  Updated 12-08-2021

‘Stampede’ Ponderosa Pine Styling…  by Michael Hagedorn (Crataegus Bonsai)

Walter Pall:  Growing Ponderosa in Europe (or on the East Coast) & Ponderosa treatment

Wiring a Ponderosa pine by Jonus Dupuich  New 11-07-2021

Finished Trees:

Art of Bonsai: Several Finished Tree’s, Andy Smith Tree, Art of Bonsai 1  Green link

Bonsai4me:  Finished Tree

Bonsai Bark: 2 Finished Trees

Bonsai Study Group – Artist Walter Pall:  Tree I, Tree II, Tree III

Artist Dan Robinson: Finished Tree

Denver Botanic Gardens Pinus – Ponderosa Pine Bonsai  New 08-21-2021

National Bonsai Foundation: Repotting the Huge Ponderosa Pine Bonsai  Updated 12-08-2021 

Walter Pall: Finished Tree

Progression Trees:

Bonsai Study Group – Artist John Kirby:  Ponderosa Pine Tree, Ponderosa Pine Tree II, Ponderosa Pine III

Bonsai Study Group – Artist Dano:  Ponderosa Pine Adjusting In The South Good tips on growing Ponderosa’s in the southern states.

Crataegus Bonsai – A bunjin Ponderosa pine gets a new look

Large Massive Unique Trunk – Pinus Ponderosa Pine Bonsai by RMBS Member New 07-19-2017

The Diamondback | Bonsai-U by Bjorn Bjorholm  New 09-26-2020

Walter Pall: Ponderosa Pine Semi-Cascade Sequence, Ponderosa Tree #1, Ponderosa Tree #2, Ponderosa Tree #3, Shohin, Elegant Ponderosa #2,

Walter Pall: More of Walter’s Ponderosa Trees can be found Here! Enter Ponderosa in the search box.

Deceased Trees:  New 08-24-2019

Video’s:

Love your ponderosa. September 2020 RMBS Monthly Meeting: Demo from Todd Schlafer. by Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society  New 08-27-2020

Epic Pine Bonsai Rock Planting | In the Workshop, Ep. 9 by Bjorn Bjorholm  New 03-05-2021

Nebraska Forest Service: Nebraska State Champ Ponderosa Pine

Of Bonsai Magazine –  “international Bonsai Mirai”  Master Artist Ryan Neil: Ponderosa Pine Demo Midwest Bonsai Society 2011 #1Ponderosa Pine Demo Midwest Bonsai Society 2011 #2, Ryan Neil Ponderosa Pine Demo Midwest Bonsai Society 2011 #3

Of Bonsai Magazine –   Steve Jetzer:  Ponderosa Pine Demo Midwest Bonsai Show August 2012 Part One & Ponderosa Pine Demo Midwest Bonsai Show August 2012 Part Two

Ponderosa Pine Timelapse by Bonsai Mirai  New 07-05-2017

You Tube – bowerman939:  Mature Natural Setting Ponderosa Tree in Winter

You Tube – Sara Jane Welch: Large Ponderosa Pine

Yamadori Galleries:

Pinus Ponderosa Tree 1

Pinus Ponderosa Tree 2  New 08-26-2019