Pinus
(Revised 9 Feb 2011)
The common name is pine. The beauty of pine in contrast with spruce, is in its non-symmetric and often artistic/majestic structures as seen in many bonsai or rocky areas around lakes and on the mountains. In the garden, it is quite impossible to achieve these majestic look within a gardener’s life time unless your gardens happen to have mature specimen that come with your property (or you can afford to purchase and move a mature specimen of the more dwarf varieties).
Examples of the various types of Pinus I have in the garden are shown in the photos below. More details of each type of Pinus I grow can be seen in the sub-pages listed under Pinus in the sidebar to the right.
Pinus densiflora
Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculiflora'
Pinus flexilis
Pinus flexilis 'Pendula'
Pinus mugo
Pinus mugo 'Aureum'
Pinus parviflora
I have a few Pinus parviflora in the garden, but they are all in mangled shapes because of years of neglect.
Pinus strobus
Pinus strobus 'Pendula'
Pinus syvestris
Pinus sylvestris 'Wolting's Gold' in December
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