hey

mine is straight as an arrow

ken

Funny... My neighbors came over with a written list of the conifers and deciduous trees I gave them and the guy's wife had the list in her hand and asked me what "Peenus strobus, was, etc-" It was believe me, hilarious. She had to look at me twice before she staring asking LOL.

Dax

OMG.. ron made a joke .... AND A GOOD ONE ... lol

pix below .. the white is frost.. its all green

ken
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That isn't straight as an arrow, that's bent - same as mine. With the prominent white buds and lean this cultivar is probably mistaken by many for Japanese black pine.

All Pinus nigra = Austrian pines have being bent in their genes due to originating from the slopes of Austrian Alps. No, only kidding!

ok.. first ron is bent.. and now bern has jeans problems.. oh god..

anyway.. i was in a hurry this morn .. i will have to walk out there.. but i swear the thing is straight... maybe if i tell it some bawdy jokes .. it will straighten up ...

will report back when i make it up there..

ken

Pee-nus is actually a classical pronunciation.

Ken, heads up on the shrinkage with that frost, man.

Here are a few pics of mine. It looks pretty awesome with the cones coming in. I think this is the most fragrant conifer I've smelled. It's really nice smelling, kind of like a fresh dryer sheet or lemon-lime pop.

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The third picture down definitely looks like something that would respond to bawdiness.

And here I thought all this elongation was a seasonal growth cycle thing.

From watching them grow from a graft and afterwards in Oregon, here is what I have seen. Grower comments are you need to stay on top of it when young...stake to keep it straight, candle for good shape early. Looks great if you stay on top of it at 3-4, 4-5 or 5-6ft...really opens up and has a much more spreading canopy when left alone here...could be the enviroment, dont know. I planted a 6'+ B&B from Van Meter Nursery (it is a selection from Morris Van Meter I believe) about 12 years ago..candled the first year and left it alone. Really opened up (canopy wise)about two years later..have always wondered how it did elsewhere

The elephant in the room with grafted conifers seen here is always deformed (circling, kinked, potbound) rootstocks. This cultivar might have a natural lean or it might be affected by rootstock not being able to hold it fully upright in the early stages.

I just purchased a 5 gallon oregon green austrian pine, pinus nigra. It's bent, but none the less, can anyone tell me how tall i can expect this tree to grow. Im trying to decide where to plant it and dont want to place in the wrong spot. Any help would be great, thank you.

Roger

Have not seen any large Pinus nigra 'Oregon Green' here, but growth of those I have noticed does not appear to be dwarfed much, if at all. I would provide a space a normal seedling might require. Here are some heights for Austrian black pines in Seattle (USDA 8), measured using a scientific instrument:

106'
95'
80'
74'
67'
64'
60'
46'

Source: A.L. Jacobson, Trees of Seattle - Second Edition (2006)

All Austrian pines along with Scotts pine are in a rapid die off here in the Midwest. Pine Wilt Nematode the culprit.

Dave