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These are a few of the 250 plus collected pine trees/plants form around the back yard,These were collected last year, most are Pinus Nigra Austriaca a couple of Pinus Nigra Maratima ringins as well .These along with another 60 will be repotted today .These are Mexican Weeping pines Pinus Patula, collected 3 years ago as seedlings they were repotted last night , the Japanese Black pines on the right were purchased from Shibui Nursery Yackandanda a few weeks ago weeks agoThese are unidentified 2 Needle pines collected over the last 3 years , they were wired the year they were collected and have been left to their own device . The species of Yamadori i have here are European Black x 3 Sub species Nigra Austriaca , Nigra Nigra and Nigra Maratima a,Euro' Red Pinus Resinosa, Euro'White Pinus Monticola , Western Yellow Pinus Ponderosa , Mexican Weeping Pinus Patula , Western Shore Pine , Monterey/Radiata , and 1 unidentified species of a 2 needle pine , along with Cedrus Deodara and Cerdrus Atlantica possibly other ring ins as well .Cheers Alpineart

Hi alpineart,

You have a lot to keep you busy there The Mexican weeping pines, they seem to have a very long needles?

Imagine that these pines come about because the local governments plant the imported trees there originally? I always thought we have only pinus radiata around. Hopefully one day I will run into a mature non-pinus-radiata.

How is your back?

Best regards.

Hi daiviet , almost 27 species of Northern Hemisphere Pines , cedars and redwoods were grown up here in test plots .Most have been destroyed with a couple still conserved .The Beechworth bush-fires a few years ago wiped a lot of plots out and the seed won't regenerate after fire .The Coastal Redwood is the exception to this rule .Mexican pines do have longish needles around 75-120mm , these haven't been worked yet but there in the process , they are the upside down pine , something a little different . Early Europeans also brought over plenty of seeds from their Mother Countries and some have managed to self sow . The back is as good as its going to get , been told to put up and shut up .Steriods and pain killers do more damage to the body than pain does to the mind .Still cant keep still for a moment or 2 , just finished bare rooting and repotting 120 pines , maples and Chinese elms and Gardenia's , all in a good days therapyThese were some of the tree's worked over then sent packing back to the benches after i sorted them out in species and filed them for another season .With another 100 or more to do it will be next weekend before i tackle them , then i have all the trainers to do . Cheers Alpine

Said it before and I'll say it again...love your backyard mate!!!
Great work Alpine!!
Dario.

Hi Dario , its looking better everyday considering all the work that is going on around here its about time things were tidied up .All the grow beds have been reworked now all i have to do is a few---- trainers and it should be good for another year . Cheers Alpineart

These are some of the Pinus Nigra Austriaca and Maratima -European Black Pines that were worked over yesterday along with the Pinus Thunbergii - Japanese Black pines .While these are collected and much older they all do very well here if maintained of course . They missed last years trim but it happens .

Cheers Alpineart