Hi Daniel,, I have been thinking about your wanted Pencil Pines. I have never seen any here so do they grow here, I know they grow in Melbourne as the neighbours at the back of our house there had them on both sides of the driveway. Maybe the Pencil Pines are different to the ones I know of do you have the botanic name it may help...Cheers..MM.

Hi Daniel,
I wish you well in your quest to find pencil pines in Brisbane as the cypress canker is killing most of the remaining pines in the Brisbane area, even in the cooler regions of South Queensland, Warwick, Tenterfield is also having the hot and humid weather increases that promote the spread of the cypress canker. As MM says they are beautiful in the South, but they are the fastest thing to die in these parts. Good luck. Peter r

Bunnings at Cannon Hill has Cupressus sempervirens 'Stricta', the traditional 'Italian Cypress' or 'Pencil Pine'. They also have a variety called Swane's Gold, a yellow cypress and Nitschke's Needle that forms a VERY columnar habit. There's a house down the road which has one that is probably as tall as the house, but very very thin. I bought two 'Stricta' today for $8 in potted colour sized pots. BTW, all these are vitually babies, just in their second year of growth, and about 40cm high.

Corey

P.S. Everywhere I look, I see cypresses in Brisbane, especially some very big, old ones. Where are the one's dying off?

hi there the conifers do get cypress canker in brisbane due to our humid weather and the drought conditions.. they become stressed........

there is a nursery in rochedale that sells them but we have to spray them to prevent canker