Mountain Hemlock make wonderful bonsai subjects. As Marty noted, semi shade
is best, and they like to stay a little on the moist side. I don't think
you need to worry about slow growth, mine will put out 1/2" to 1" long new
shoots if I don't pinch the new growth. I avoid fertilizing early in the
year to keep the spring growth spurt in check and to keep needle size down.

Mountain Hemlock is quite flexible, you can wire and bend branches into most
any desired position. They typically have a profusion of small tertiary
branches, which will all need to be wired once you start, so you will have
plenty of detail wiring ahead of you. Watch for wire cutting in once you
have wired your tree. I completely wired one of mine last September, and I
had to remove much of the wire just last week because it was already
starting to cut in.

Regards,
Roger Snipes Spokane, WA Zone 5, or maybe Zone 6.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it,
and then misapplying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx (1895-1977)


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I picked up a young Mountain Hemlock from Bonsai Northwest's nursery
today. Anyone willing to share their experiences with this tree?
Advice?

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