another mysterious (to me) droopy needled pine
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another couple of pine needles (as mulch) questions.
Comments (11)Calliope, the pines I mentioned are a windbreak which the owners can just ignore, as they have several acres of them,, so they probably won't be happy for someone taking them, it won't affect them much. They may think I have lost my marbles if I ask for them. It bothers me to have my Chestnut oak mulch ring 2/3 done, and the unfinished area so bare-looking, with a mostly decomposed hardwood mulch pie shaped slice. Well, I made it enourmous. I think I will just rake up from our white pines to finish. I think next fall I will put an add in the paper or a local trade/buy catalog for pine needles and pay $1.00 a garbage bag-ful. I won't have to keep checking the public leaf dumps (2 of em) and I can still use leaves, which are always plentiful at the leaf dumps. I can get my quota of them easy that way. I will of course gather them up if I can find them at the leaf dump. My mom's brother works at the township shed, where they collect leaves at one site, but he is too important to help me with collecting needles and leaves. They burn them instead. Or I need to get there soon after they are dumped. All I asked for is a heads up when there is a good pile of them, Well, I will use ours to finish the chestnut oak circle, and tackle others next spring, if needed. I don't mean to whine, although I have....See Moresome1 please tell me a substitute for white pine needles
Comments (2)White pine is pretty fast growing, all right. don't know about its roots and liners. You can also offer to rake for someone who has them, or cruise curbs....See MoreMystery Five-Needled Pine
Comments (4)Matt, indeed that's not the Pinus monophylla 'Blue Jazz'. It's a Pinus cembra cultivar and if you've can choose between the 'Nana' and the 'Chalet' then you received the 'Chalet'. This is because the 'Nana' does have green needles... The 'Chalet' is also a very nice solitair conifer but is not the one you had in mind to purchase......See MoreBig pine,short needles.
Comments (2)Yep,maybe tomorrow when i'm that way again...See Moredavidrt28 (zone 7)
last monthlast modified: last monthHere is a screen grab from 11 seconds in, to make it perfectly clear.
One minor problem here is his camera has already recognized this is a highly detailed background element and is, I suspect, doing some kind of "add additional blurring" routine, to enhance the efficiency of mp4 compression. Nevertheless it's clear this is something in the white pine family, not a fir.Not to push this any more off course than it's already gone (which is one of the delights of GW, I'm glad it isn't "over moderated" like so many forums) but the OTHER mystery droopy pine I discovered in Bucks County, at the site of a now defunct nursery, is green, not glaucous.
That acreage is being developed for upscale housing, so it's quite possible this tree has been cut down by now. I suspect there was some kind of stipulation to keep at least a few of the trees, but those sort of things often end up getting ignored in part.In any case I'll be up there sometime later this spring, and will definitely try to find the first tree. I'm not sure I'll go back for the 2nd tree, it would be too sad to see a massive collection of rare conifers destroyed. 😔
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