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 more than 20 years old are rare.1 Young Japanese black pines are so attractive, however, that they are still commonly planted with the knowledge that they won't last for many decades.

Japanese black pine is best planted in the spring as a container-grown or balled-and-burlap plant. It has a moderately fast growth rate, sometimes as much as 2 to 3 feet per year.