I've had some P. pinea in the ground for 15 years or so and can't find any
problems with them. Neither have I seen particular problems with various
mature ones in Kew, etc, etc, Greece, Spain. Once they get going (or even
quite young) they're a fabulous colour and shape. I have had Barcham ones and
have never seen the problem you mention and I've had a few from other sources
as well.
And while I agree about the transport issues, almost all container trees on
sale here come from mainland Europe, don't they? The Barcham ones come
rootballed and are grown on and they have increasing areas of field growing
for all sorts of things (Davidia!) so I think they are trying hard.
And why can we only get 5 Pine species?. With such a fantastic group there
are dozens I'd like to see in catalogues.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Andersonarb@xxxx.com [ mailto:Andersonarb@xxxx.com]
Sent: 07 February 2008 20:26
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Re: 'Pinus pinea', problematic or a worthy planting
consideration in a Park
In a message dated 07/02/2008 18:29:39 GMT Standard Time,
thurmanconsult@xxxxxxxxxxx.com writes:
If they are a decent size they are likely to be from Italy - delivered in a
container driven by a big diesel truck.
Is that OK? I thought most local authorities were against that sort of
thing....?
Barchams have them, we planted some up here alongside a road, they were
quite disconcertingly floppy, 2-3 metres tall, a bendy trunk that inspired no
confidence whatsoever, but they were surviving the last time I looked and
appeared far more stable than I would've predicted....
Dunno where Barchams got em from.
Bill.
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