yes.. it is a conifer.. lol ... as a general rule .... on a green plant.. all you have to do is look up Pinus densiflora .. and you will learn all you need to know ... regarding zones .... and soils..etc ... its a different ball of wax when you get into yellows and dragon eyes ..... because too much sun or water [or lack thereof] will cause dessication and burn ... winter or summer ... so zone info becomes more important ... i grow the following in my cold, windy zone 5 ... pure sand: Pinus densiflora 'Aurea' Pinus densiflora 'Burke's Red Variegated' Pinus densiflora 'Cesarini's Variegated' Pinus densiflora 'Golden Ghost' Pinus densiflora 'Golden Ghost' Pinus densiflora 'Little Christopher' Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow' Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow' Pinus densiflora 'Oculus Draconus' GOLDEN GHOST? repeats mean more than one ... your pictured one.. adds in root stock questions ... and standard questions if multiple grafts are involved ... i have no experience with such ... as i consider them foo foo .. lol ... i cant remember the house pic story ... why is this one specifically important ... shade may a bigger issue.. that original tree.. may have started life in the sun like a conifer should.. moving in a large transplant into too much shade.. MIGHT!!! be problematic .... good luck ken

oh man.. this is going to be lot of typing. ... first.. OD is a generic term ... OD's vary according to the number of bands of yellow on green ... and in how often they show the color ... as noted ... Pinus koraiensis 'Oculis Draconis' is not very reliable.. a gorgeous green pine.. but not worth cold hard cash for the show.. if you have 5 acres like some nut i know.. get one.. and put it out back .. otherwise.. skip it ... not many have even been properly named.. and the one that has is no better ... i got GOLD ghost [note the weird form of the name] from girards nursery.. mail order.. one of the best.. IMHO ... a lot of yellow .. never burns ... and grows like a weed ... it was one of the first conifers i ever bought.. and i planted it 6 feet from my chair ... unfortunately .. it started to eat the chair ... at 7 feet tall.. i had to try to move it ... but it happened that i was going to gee's for a grafting class ... and i took scion with me .... and grafted a couple of them.. so if i failed at moving it ... i had a fallback position .... i moved it.. it made it thru winter.. and a late hard frost killed the buds.. there was 5 hours of my life wasted ... while at the grafting class ... gee was offering their own generic OD just labeled OD .... i have never really compared individual needles to compare the banding.. but it performs just as well..... sooooo ... i sent dax a personally grafted piece of GG .... it was a very special gift since i had so much invested in it .... anyway.. either mail order one from girards.. or get the one from gee's ... since you are going there in spring ... are you bringing the professor with you this trip??? ken

This is caused by brutal cold winds. The dry winds of winter suck all the moisture out of the needles while the tree is dormant, thus not replenishing the moisture that is lost. The result is browned or dead needles. Thin needled pines like these, and white pines, don't handle cold winds well, which makes them terrible windbreaks as well. Joe

I killed (one died immediately after arrival) 'Burke's Red Variegated'. The second one in a one-gallon pot, spring delivered, just died last week. I watered everything right and they only were exposed to late afternoon sun which should of been perfect. But, I do think that planting it would have saved it. My obsession to purchase far exceeds my relationship with time (moving to my new property). Anyway, I like that conifer. Good choice! lol Dax