Pinus palustris

Pine - Longleaf

                                          ID#365

 
 

Additional Information: Purchased at Williams Nursery in Merrit, NC

This nursery closed it’s doors at the end of 2008.

 

A medium sized to large tree capable of reaching over 100 feet in height, with a straight trunk, coarse branches and tufted needles at ends of branches.

Not long lived in my yard, I have no much to comment other than it appeared not to like the wet spot I selected and showed signs of some type of black fungus after the winter season. Whether it died from the disease or the attempted cure I will never know. I do not see many of it’s kind around this area.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 50+ ft x 15 ft PLANT TYPE: Evergreen, conifer GROWTH RATE: Moderate TEXTURE: medium/coarse LIGHT: sun to part shade WATER: moist but not wet SOIL: high Organic
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: Monoecious; males yellow-red, long, in clusters; females oval, purple. FRUIT AND SEED: Very large (largest cone in the Eastern U. S. --6 to 10 inches long), ovoid to conical in shape. KEY FEATURES: Evergreen needles, very long and feathery (8 to 18 inches long), with three dark green needles per fascicle; tend to be tufted at branch tips. When young, it takes about 7 yrs. to develop branches.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch A 3 ft. tall “Mop head” planted close to the shoreline, this plant did not last long in our yard. Perhaps because of the prolonged wet soil or possibly a fungus that develop over the winter months, it lost eventually all its needles turned brown and fell. Perhaps my intervention and poor diagnosis of the situation caused this plant to died. I spray it with a solution of copper (fungicide) in my attempt to kill the black goo that cover the needles. A Monterrey Cypress occupies now its place. Emerging time, Fertilization, Pruning, Thinning, Seed Collecting, Cutting, Roots, Division,.......
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

October 2006

3 / 2010