What Type of Pine is this?

20 years ago

I am in the process of adding a deck to my backyard. The former owner was a japanese garden buff and had a number of very interesting planst (including my beoved Crimson Queen).

The pine in the picture below (it is not the best picture and I may try to get some more tomorrow) is right near where the corner of the deck will be. That will probably mean it would come out. But I think because of its age (20+ years) and size it is not transplantable.

I have grown quite fond of it. It is rounded at the top - -looks sort of stooped over. It seems to grow from the "outside out" - -as inside are lots of dead needles and branches that I clean out occassionaly.

Should I save it? Maybe I could have the deck notched around it? And what is it?

Thanks.

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Embothrium
20 years ago
Pinus densiflora 'Pendula'.
relly
20 years ago
Pine needles attach to the branches in fascicles (or bundles). They typically are in bundles of 2-5 needles. How many needles per fascicle does your tree have?

From the picture, I'd probably guess the same as bboy, but note that P. densiflora 'pendula' (weeping Japanese red pine)has needles in 2/fascicle. But, there are other possibilities such as: P. strobus 'pendula' which has needles in 5/fascicle (weeping white pine - but I would expect a taller specimen if it is truly 20 yrs old). For identification see if you can figure out the # of needles per fascicle.

As far as keeping it...it would make an interesting specimen tree due to its form and such. If you can plan the deck around it, it could look neat to have a good gap (1-2') between the deck and the tree, and then have blue stone pebbles/rocks beneath. I personally like the contrast between the blue stone and the green foliage.
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