Hi all,

A local specialty nursery has this tree with a label Pinus sylvestris "Aurea". The tree is 16' tall. Picture was taken last week. The needles have gold tips. It was a cloudy day. So, the tree was glowing. We were actually looking for a 12' tall Pinus thunbergii "Ogon" that was supposed to be in the same row. We never found it. This tree has regular green needles that are quite long. We have a Pinus sylvestris "Gold Coin". The needles are shorter, blue green and start turning gold in December.

They also have 2 trees that they call Pinus thunbergii "Banshosho". Both are well over 10' tall and have blue green medium size needles (about 3/4th of "thunderhead" needles. I read that Banshosho does get lighter needles if it is grafted on Pinus sylvestris rootstock. But nowhere I read that it could grow 10' tall. Will get pictures of those two later. The nursery has some rare specimen size trees but some of them are mislabled. Thanks in advance.

Nima