#coulterpine

Plant of the Day

Friday 24 July 2020

A young specimen of Pinus coulteri (big-cone pine, Coulter pine) forms an impressive tree as part of a tree belt on the edge of a meadow. This evergreen will develop a large, broad, open crown with stout shoots bearing thick, long, blue-grey needles in bundles of three. The tree will eventually produce large cones, up to 30cm long, that are the heaviest cones of any pine tree.