What kind of tree is this? (flowers, growing, trees, north)

[john gunn]

While touring a garden just outside London I saw the following tree. Does anyone know what this tree is called?

[NC~Mom]

I don't know...but it's pretty...looks like cheerleader pompoms.

[Briolat21]

Some kind of long needle pine is my guess. Very attractive!

[smartygurl]

Wow, what a beautiful tree! Sorry, I wish I knew what it was though.

[caution]

at first glance those look like the male flowers of a scots pine, but i can't tell for sure

[DLK55]

Maybe a Canary Island Pine? I've seen and heard of a couple others with "weeping" needles but can't remember their names of the top of my head.

[Tennesseestorm]

Well, it kinda looks like a Longleaf pine, but I am not sure. The Longleaf pine is native to the southeastern United States. There is something different about this one though... perhaps a cross with something else?

I have two in my lawn... here are a couple of photos for comparison.

In this one, I was taking photos of the storm clouds approaching, but if you look to the right you can see the taller one and there is a small one in the lower center...




Here is a smaller one....


Here is my taller one.... a severe storm about blew this one over, so we had to tie it up... I think it has re-rooted...

sorry this is blurry...


closeup night view...


The more I look, the more I think that tree in the OPs photo is a Longleaf pine...


Here are some links...
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...num=3&ct=image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longleaf_Pine

Native range, but they will grow north of those areas... to about zone 6b USDA growing zone. Down to about 0°f.




I am in northeast Tennessee and they are not native here, but there are alot of them around.... becoming naturalized I suppose. I also know of some up in central Virginia around Blacksburg.

[Teak]

It could be Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda).

http://www.tytyga.com/product/Loblolly+Pine+Tree



But more likely it is Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) as pointed out above by Tennesseestorm.

[Teak]

Yeah, its probably a Longleaf pine. This website had the above photo which looks just like the one you saw in London.

Native Plants in Old Mandeville Woods Subdivision

[Tennesseestorm]

Originally Posted by Teak

It could be Loblolly pine

But more likely it is Longleaf Pine as pointed out above by Tennesseestorm.

Yeah, I am pretty sure its a Longleaf pine, or a close relative. I also have several Loblolly pines and they have shorter needles (but not as short as many other pines).