beautyberry cuttings,camelia cuttings, rose cuttings, crepe myrtle cuttings,pine cone ginger root,banana root, red cana root,la iris root,persian shield in 2 months,guava,satsuma orange cutting,saga palms,mint ,asparagus fern in 2 months,unnamed bromeliad,white hibiscus seed,a few beautyberry seeds

I found the one I had back in the mid 1990s to be pretty hardy; the erstwhile management of Forestfarm said their seed came from one in some frost hollow of western WA that had seen very low temperatures by PNW standards. Current management of Forestfarm knows nothing about this...too bad they didn't keep better notes. And, I think this reflect a general thing going on with Forestfarm. They will still have rare plants but not someone - an owner-operator-plant-lover - going through the tedious steps to obtain the "best of all possible rare plants". (always time for a little Panglossian optimism!) I really don't think they are particularly susceptible to fungus for any reason other than having been pumped full of nitrogen to get them into fast growth...when sold as the decidedly odd looking 'mini Christmas trees'. They grow in Texas around the dry line, which certainly can be humid! Years ago someone posted a picture of some big ones in San Antonio. And also of course one grew in North Carolina. I think, south of say Richmond, VA, they are just under planted, and north of it, likely to die back in the coldest of winters.

In the Puget Trough Pinus contorta is basically a wetland indicator. I've stood in a stand east of Everett, WA where the winter high water mark on the trunks was well above my head. Associated species included Sitka spruce and red-twig dogwood. The same species can have marked differences in functioning within different parts of its range. For instance, Sambucus canadensis in the northern part of its range requires cold exposure for germination and in the southern part does not. Garry oak has no particular apparent soil or precipitation requirement, one of the largest WA examples I have been on hand to see measured was in one or two feet of mud - in some locations it can be seen mixed with Oregon ash in swamps. Annual rainfall totals throughout its range go from 13 in. to 103 in. What it does need is lack of competition and shading from other trees. Soil flora and fauna in all these different habitats must vary considerably. And of course ubiquitous local species such as Douglas fir must be growing under a very wide range of combinations, including which mycorrhizal fungi are present. So maybe Ponderosa pine is somehow able to function where the fungi that would be present in dry-lands are not represented.

i said: is that it is not really a pine.. as a lot of indoor xmas tree plants arent really pine .... ====>>> so you guys are going off tangent based on my comment ... i hate when the OP never comes back ... i brought up the issue.. to find out if the OP actually knows what she has ... if she has some indoor .. gift.. potted xmas/holiday tree.. odds are.. it is NOT A PINE .. and will never have pine cones .. EVER ... its not a pine ... but .. the indoor GIFT xmas tres.. are the type of conifer that might be rooted.. and that is why they are so cheap and offered for indoor growth ... then maybe it can be rooted ... but you can not root a true pine ... so.. as always.. we need to properly ID what plant we are discussing.. or somehow or another.. we end up debating the ramification of cut xmas trees ... let me clarify: no one is talking about xmas tree production... i was talking about holiday potted plants sold at xmas.. that are called charley brown xmas trees.. and they are NOT usually PINE TREES ... well.. this is a few minutes of my life i wont get back.. lol .. but its been entertaining, fer sure ... ken