pine family Archives - Juniper Level Botanic Garden

Looks like a Strobe

We’ve experimented with a number of conifers through the decades, and as you can imagine, we’ve killed quite a few of those experiments. One of the nice surprises has been the unexpected success of Pinus strobiformis ‘Loma Linda’. Pinus strobiformis is the Southwestern US (Sierra Madre Occidental) equivalent of the Northeastern native white pine, Pinus

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Eat a Little Keteleeria

One of the late JC Raulston’s favorite conifers was Keteleeria davidiana. Although we certainly enjoy our garden specimen, it doesn’t have nearly the elegance of many of the firs or spruces. That said, it is odd, and we always like odd. Thanks to JC, I was already familiar with the plant, when it showed up