White Pine? What to do?

[Damian Bee]

I bought this as a White Pine last year, is it?

Any pointers?

It is in danger of going to the back of the back section

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Help this tree move forward from the back

[bodhidharma]

Hi Damian, it does not look like a white pine to me. I will add i am no expert. i have several older ones at home but they are not juvenile like this one and the needles are very different.

[Pup]

White pines are 5 needle! this does not appear to be such.


Cheers Pup

[Damian Bee]

Well, that clears things up to an extent, perhaps it is a red? or Pinus godknowsiensis?

[alpineart]

Hi Damian , i visit a lot of nurseries and a lot pines are mis-labelled .It seems to be fairly common to call them red , black or white and most people think they are all Japanese .Today there is a lot of European species available but very few can correctly label them . Most of my collection are all European pines , I have reds , yellows , whites , blacks and a few JBP'S as well and numerous 2 needle pines that have to be identified .Pines are i mine field to correctly I.D . As long as it plays ball when you come to work it , its a good pine tree . There's is so many variants and cultivars nowadays we don't know which one is which .

Cheers Alpine

[The Hacker]

Hi Damian

If this was mine I'd air layer the top of were the five branch's meet & you would still have a small branch on the lower part of the trunk given you 2 tree's then stick it in the ground or a big styrene box & feed it heap's for a few year's & you would have 2 very nice tree's

Regard's

the Hacker

[Damian Bee]

Thanks, advice taken.

Just for the record, that pine in the pics arlier has 2 needles per node, white fluffy material arond base of needles and red buds as in pics.

I would still love to know what it is????

Is now a good time to layer?

[Scott Martin]

I think it's a Scots Pine, but can be corrected...