I am taking my Pinus pinea to a workshop next week, armed with pictures from
the Web, a field guide to trees of Israel with even wilder pictures, and
Charles Ceronio's book, since this tree MUST be grown in Pierneef style.
I had a question about candles. The person who gave it to me had it for 2
years & never saw hide nor hair of a candle. Its growth habit was like Aleppo
pine. However, there is a picture from Spain with candles & Ernie Kuo said it had
candles. Now I know. My tree is growing a candle on the top branch. So
candles are associated with adult growth more than three years old. Since I need to
keep the juvenile growth habit, I will probably cut it off.
Iris

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