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Hello,

I recently helped out my mom clearing out the garden at her newly bought cottage.

Found this hidden away under some bushes, as is. Took it back home just in case it had any potential, as I've always wanted a native bonsai, but the more than 100 seeds I've planted over the years never turned into anything.

I'm a complete novice, so I have no clue whether any of the 3 could eventually be turned into something neat. The needles are fairly long, so not sure about that in particular.

Any help appreciated. Thanks!

What you think is potential?

Is it a tree that can become a great bonsai after just styling it once? Absolutely no.

Is it a tree that still have the potential to become a great tree no matter time frame. Then yes.

What you have is a blank canvas. Do artists see a blank canvas as potential? Absolutely yes. They prefere that to canvases that someone else allready started to paint on. Because they can make it their own painting. This is the same situation. The posibilities are endless given time.

Thanks for taking the time.

I was mainly worried about the length of the needles, as they seemed very long compared to some of pictures I see online of pine/needle trees.

As for the timeframe that is great news, as it can grow together with my knowledge of the hobby then.

We still don't know the species, so still general coments.

Some of the most sought after pines amongst bonsai have naturally needles 7-12 cm long. Japanese black pine, japanese white pine and scots pine. Needle length reduction is one of the efects of proper bonsai techniques. The mentioned pines can be reduced down to as little as 5 mm.

What you have is proboably a spruce. The ones I know do reduce needle length as well, but not as much. On the other hand they are not so big to start with. I would be happy with the length as is for a medium sized bonsai.

Looking closer on the photo makes me think it is yew, not spruce.

Knowing where you are should make it easier to identify.

Amazingly no one has pointed out that the trees are indoors.

The environment inside is not healthy, for trees that evolved outdoors. For long term survival you will have to put them outside.

Ohh, yes. Good eyes

I just saw the kind of furnitures we use outdoors here. It seems like the tree is in a sunroom, not in livingroom conditions. Normally we don't heat sunrooms in Europe. Which makes it a good place for overwintering. In summer the tree should be outdoors.

You're not going to need to worry about the needle size until after you are finished developing the trunk and branches. In order to do so you must take it outside, were it can breath. Needle design is the very last step in development.