General Description | Vigorous evergreen Conifer. |
ID Characteristic | It is closely related to Bishop Pine and Knobcone Pine, hybridizing readily with both species; it is distinguished from the former by needles in threes (not pairs), and from both by the cones not having a sharp spine on the scales. |
Landscape | Hedging and screen low maintenance costal. |
Cultivation | Best grown in well-drained soil. |
Pests | Adelgids, aphids and pine shoot moth. |
Notable Specimens | Pinetum Park and Pine Lodge Gardens, Cornwall, England. Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England.National Trust Trelissick Garden, Feock, near Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
Bark/Stem Description | The bark is fissured and dark grey to brown. |
Leaf Description | The leaves are bright green, in clusters of three, slender, 8?15 cm long and with a blunt tip. |
Fruit Description | The cones are 7 - 17 cm long, brown, ovoid (egg-shaped), and usually set asymmetrically on a branch, attached at an oblique angle. |