# Living Christmas Trees for Bonsai **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginners\ **Created:** [November 30, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/living-christmas-trees-for-bonsai/4610 "2019-11-30T23:50:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tac](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/tac/32/15380_2.png) [@Tac](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Tac)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/living-christmas-trees-for-bonsai/4610/1 "2019-11-30T23:50:36Z")
Got this Scotts Pine and Bosnian Pine (know nothing about this species but the wife fell in love with it). Picked both because of the movement in the trunk. They’ll be decorated for Christmas then begin their bonsai journey in the spring. ![2019-11-30_15-10-17_805](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/5/506a487e5b59a0e66a060680e905e05e33feeac9.jpeg) ![2019-11-30_15-11-37_107](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/2/2a757a3ee3a1ae298bca3cc67dd2badebee43be4.jpeg) ![2019-11-30_15-32-10_547](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/e/e5e63c1ee434207a9f41aaf88333853e0c0b05b6.jpeg) ![2019-11-30_15-13-29_423](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/b/b571e05767b2901ed42fd60a8125621c1690b486.jpeg) Anyone know anything about Bosnian Pines? Also, feel free to share any Christmas Trees you picked up for bonsai use. ---
**Author:** ![DavidJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@DavidJ](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/DavidJ)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/living-christmas-trees-for-bonsai/4610/2 "2019-12-01T03:35:27Z")
l have one Tac and it seems to be a very slow grower. Maybe l’m doing something wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Tac](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/tac/32/15380_2.png) [@Tac](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Tac)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/living-christmas-trees-for-bonsai/4610/3 "2019-12-01T04:02:31Z")
I found a thread from last year where someone said they thought it was a single flush pine, is that the way you’re treating it? If it is a single flush, but you’re treating it like a multi-flush that could slow its growth down. ---
**Author:** ![DavidJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@DavidJ](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/DavidJ)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/living-christmas-trees-for-bonsai/4610/4 "2019-12-01T15:14:02Z")
l agree that the tree as a single flush pine. However l tried to treat it as a tree in development. After putting it into a bonsai pot, l pruned for the rough shape and then left the tree alone to grow. l think l should have just potted the tree and not do the pruning l should have used the foliage mass to re build the roots. ---
**Author:** ![Tac](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/tac/32/15380_2.png) [@Tac](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Tac)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/living-christmas-trees-for-bonsai/4610/5 "2019-12-01T20:37:08Z")
I made the same mistake with a Scotts Pine, repotted and did structural pruning. The tree did not like it. This year I’m not touching the foliage. ---
**Author:** ![KurtP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/kurtp/32/16188_2.png) [@KurtP](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/KurtP)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/living-christmas-trees-for-bonsai/4610/6 "2025-03-19T15:44:24Z")
@Tac How’s this tree doing. K ---
**Author:** ![Tac](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/tac/32/15380_2.png) [@Tac](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Tac)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/living-christmas-trees-for-bonsai/4610/7 "2025-04-14T15:41:06Z")
It’s been potted and is still in its pre-bonsai stage. > **[Academy | Bonsai Mirai Live](https://live.bonsaimirai.com/)** > > Bonsai Mirai presents online live video streams of Bonsai professional Ryan Neil from the premier full-service American bonsai nursery and school located just outside of Portland, Oregon. It’s at time stamp 01:08:35