Pinus thunbergii

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pinus thunbergii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pinus thunbergii, Pari. (P. Massoniana, Sieb. & Zucc., not Lamb.). Japanese Black Pine. Tree, to 100 ft., or occasionally 120 ft., with spreading, often somewhat pendulous branches, forming a broad, pyramidal head:branchlets orange-yellow, the winter buds oblong, grayish or silvery white: lvs. stiff, sharply pointed, bright green,3-4 1/2 in. long: cones short-stalked, conic- ovate, grayish brown, 2-3 in. long; apophysis flattened, with small, depressed umbo, obtuse or with a minute prickle; seed grayish brown, 1/4 in. long. Japan. G.G. 11.23:345. S.Z. 2:113. S.I.F. 1:1.—Handsome tree and hardy N. Several horticultural varieties have been intro. from Japan: one of the most distinct is var. Oculus-draconis, Mayr, each lf. being marked with 2 yellow bands and therefore the tufts of the lvs. at the end of the branches, if seen from above, show alternate yellow and green rings, hence the name Oculus-draconis (dragon-eye). Var. variegata, Hort., has the lvs. partly yellow or occasionally wholly yellowish white. There are also similar forms in P. densiflora, which may be distinguished by the brown color of the winter buds. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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