This pine was one I dug (liberated) locally. Essentially a weed in our native forests i was happy to stumble across this one with it’s strange movement and old bark.

It has taken a number of years to get it out of the heavy old clay it grew in and into a better soil mix.

Last year i stripped off the site soil and put it into a shallow bonsai pot (all i had).

The tree in it’s first bonsai pot in 2022.
I’m still not sure on a front but i do like looking at its movement from multiple angles.
I placed 4 or 5 white pine grafts on the tree in Autumn and they all seem to have survived the winter. Fingers crossed they grow out.
A potential front. With tight white pine foliage, i think this tree could be pretty interesting.

This year i put it into a much more suitable container (thanks again Ken). It should be able to stay in here for a few years as it establishes a dense root ball. Once it’s solidly rooted i will hopefully be able to remove the support sticks.

I may post an update once i see if the grafts live or die. The variety of pine is the same as THIS one, so i think i should have a decent chance of grafting success. Fingers crossed.