Genus: Pinus
There are about 120 different species of pine, most originating in the northern hemisphere. Not only do the various species come with evergreen foliage in shades of dark green through to a colour bordering on blue, their bark can often be very interesting too!
Cones add another dimension in both colour and texture, make great additions to Christmas decorations, interesting to children and, make fantastic firelighters! The biggest pine cones, reaching a huge 35cm long, belong to Pinus coulteri or the Big Cone Pine.
For a smaller product think of pine-nuts (said to have been consumed since prehistoric times) taken from P.pinea.
Pinus photos
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By fagus
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By peter
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By Poaannua
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By dybbuk
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By Grammazoo
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By Chrispook
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By Chrispook
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By Grammazoo
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By Grammazoo
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By Chrispook
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By hoya105
Species of Pinus
- Pinus albicaulis
- Pinus apulcensis
- Pinus aristata
- Pinus arizonica
- Pinus armandii
- Pinus attenuata
- Pinus ayacahuite
- Pinus balfouriana
- Pinus banksiana
- Pinus bhutanica
- Pinus brutia
- Pinus bungeana
- Pinus canariensis
- Pinus caribaea
- Pinus cembra
- Pinus cembroides
- Pinus chiapensis
- Pinus clausa
- Pinus contorta
- Pinus cooperi
- Pinus coulteri
- Pinus cubensis
- Pinus culminicola
- Pinus dabeshanensis
- Pinus dalatensis
- Pinus densata
- Pinus densiflora
- Pinus devoniana
- Pinus discolor
- Pinus durangensis
- Pinus echinata
- Pinus edulis
- Pinus elliottii
- Pinus engelmanii
- Pinus estevezii
- Pinus fenzeliana
- Pinus flexilis
- Pinus gerardiana
- Pinus glabra
- Pinus gordoniana
- Pinus greggii
- Pinus halepensis
- Pinus hartwegii
- Pinus heldreichii
- Pinus herrerae
- Pinus hondurensis
- Pinus hwangshanensis
- Pinus jaliscana
- Pinus jeffreyi
- Pinus johannis
- Pinus kesiya
- Pinus koraiensis
- Pinus krempfii
- Pinus lambertiana
- Pinus latteri
- Pinus lawsonii
- Pinus leiophylla
- Pinus longaeva
- Pinus luchuensis
- Pinus lumholtzii
- Pinus massoniana
- Pinus maximartinezii
- Pinus maximinoi
- Pinus merkusii
- Pinus monophylla
- Pinus montezumae
- Pinus monticola
- Pinus morrisonicola
- Pinus mugo
- Pinus muricata
- Pinus nelsonii
- Pinus nigra
- Pinus occidentalis
- Pinus oocarpa
- Pinus orizabensis
- Pinus palustris
- Pinus parviflora
- Pinus patula
- Pinus peuce
- Pinus pinaster
- Pinus pinceana
- Pinus pinea
- Pinus ponderosa
- Pinus praetermissa
- Pinus pringlei
- Pinus pseudostrobus
- Pinus pumila
- Pinus pungens
- Pinus quadrifolia
- Pinus radiata
- Pinus reflexa
- Pinus remota
- Pinus resinosa
- Pinus rigida
- Pinus roxburghii
- Pinus rudis
- Pinus rzedowskii
- Pinus sabiniana
- Pinus serotina
- Pinus sibirica
- Pinus squamata
- Pinus strobiformis
- Pinus strobus
- Pinus sylvestris
- Pinus tabuliformis
- Pinus taeda
- Pinus taiwanensis
- Pinus tecunumanii
- Pinus teocote
- Pinus thunbergii
- Pinus torreyana
- Pinus tropicalis
- Pinus virginiana
- Pinus wallichiana
- Pinus wangii
- Pinus yunnanensis
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Comments:
29 Sep, 2008
I'm not sure Greenthumb, but I suspect you're about right. Their trunks are so much thicker than the ones you'd normally see. They must get passed down from grower to grower - now that would take a lot of trust!!
On photo - Pinus parviflora - bonsai
28 Sep, 2008
From what I understand of them, they look like a miniature of an identical aged tree. I'd guess this is 40-50yrs as a white pine. Really wonderful!
On photo - Pinus parviflora - bonsai
28 Sep, 2008
Hi TT :o)
No ages were given. All of them looked very old though, the trunks were much thicker than you normally see on bonsai. Unfortunately I don't know enough about bonsai to even guess, this one was about 2-3 feet tall.
On photo - Pinus parviflora - bonsai
28 Sep, 2008
Interesting shape.
Did they supply the age of the Bonsai?
On photo - Pinus parviflora - bonsai
4 Jul, 2008
Ah, yes! Do you get snow in winter? It is less here than many places in Canada but we can still get buried pretty well occasionally. I prefer spring.... : )
On photo - Little red pine
4 Jul, 2008
This is a lovely shot. It can cool down anyone in the heat. So serene and peaceful, picture perfect, homely and unique. Am I seeing well, that it is actually snowing???
On photo - Little red pine
1 Apr, 2008
Lots of our evergreens here are dying off , too, as I believe the weather is increasingly too warm and the summers too dry for them. Having spent years in Northern Ontario, I love all the pines; the craggy silhoulettes of Jack Pine against the sky are beautiful! The reason I planted the red pine was to counterbalance the dying trees that edge my neighbours property on the south side. I like the birds to have the evergreens in the yard.
On photo - Little red pine
1 Apr, 2008
I would like to grow a stately white pine but the air quality here is said to discourage and damage them... Papermill town..the air is everywhere...but notice lovely ones in the outlying little towns. believe it or not I think Jack Pine is wonderful...love the colour of the trunks in direct sunlight on a snappy winter day.
On photo - Little red pine
6 Mar, 2008
Yes, Pinus mugo cultivar, does it change colour to Gold/yellow in the winter, then turn green again in the growing season ?
On photo - Pinus mugo
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