Also this Pinus silvestris (Scotch pine) was collected in the spring of year 2000. The total height is 80 cm. Directly on site, I cut off the two lower branches that were very long and straight. I left long stumps as potential future jins. The tree was planted in a garden bed. Survival was critical, the lowest live branch on the picture died and the rest of the candles eventually opened up and produces short new needles. I will not move this tree before 2002 at the earliest.

I am now left with three long jin, a canopy and a large branch. I envision a design that takes advantage of the trees natural right hand motion, probably a windswept design with dramatic jins.

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Autumn of 2001. Well, I am sorry to inform you that this tree died in its second summer. As a matter of fact, I think it actually died long before that. If a pine is large enough, it seems it can support itself from the stored up energy for a while.  All the short new needles that developed probably came from this internal strength and were never supported from the roots that did not develop at all.