Driving around in the arboretum, you’ll each time see something different. On the ridge, almost on the track this pine tree grows. On a bit steep part of the paddock, so we never did much on that tree.
Giving it a detailed look, there we saw a lot of old cones on the tree and a few new ones. All the cones do have a strongly outcurved prickle. On the new cone you can see the prickle very clear. It must be a protection for not be eaten.
The needles are in bundles of two and about 8 till 10 cm long. The bark is a bit reddish, like from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). The tree is not growing straight on, all branches are bending and curling and makes the pine look a bit of a mash.
The cones will stay for many years on the tree and than fall down, but leaving the lowest part on the branche.
A lot of this description makes me think of a Ponderosa pine, but not the lenght of the needles, the color and the way the tree grows.
Can anybody help us finding a name for this beautiful tree?
Light green new cone with prickles
Needles in bundles of two
Bark
Old cones
The way it grows in Hackfalls
Cone with the clear sharp prickles
