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Maratime Pine. Inrformation required relating to cultivationin Scotland. Thanks
On 17/10/06 00:21, in article ,
"Roger" wrote: I have a great specimen of Pinus Maratima growing in my garden. I grew it from seed from a cone which I brought back from the southern area of Bordeaux. It is now about 15 years old. I'm told that it is too far north (I live in the central belt of Scotland) for it to produce cones. Anyone here know if this information is accurate? The cone from which the seed came from was 9" in length and 5" across its broadest part. Give or take a quarter of an inch. I don't know if this will help but an enquiry to them might. I got two Pinus sylvestris from them and that's another name for Pinus maritima, apparently. http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/courses.html -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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Maratime Pine. Inrformation required relating to cultivation in Scotland. Thanks
Sacha wrote: On 17/10/06 00:21, in article , "Roger" wrote: I have a great specimen of Pinus Maratima growing in my garden. I grew it from seed from a cone which I brought back from the southern area of Bordeaux. It is now about 15 years old. I'm told that it is too far north (I live in the central belt of Scotland) for it to produce cones. Anyone here know if this information is accurate? The cone from which the seed came from was 9" in length and 5" across its broadest part. Give or take a quarter of an inch. I don't know if this will help but an enquiry to them might. I got two Pinus sylvestris from them and that's another name for Pinus maritima, apparently. http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/courses.html Surely P. sylvestris is the Scots/Caledonian pine? Maritime is (it says here) P. pinaster. One of my books says the maritime pine grows, as an introduction, in the Highlands; but none says anything about its failing to fruit there. You can expect cones from trees ten years old, apparently; fifteen years is within the margin of error for this kind of thing, but it could be a sign that, as a Med species, it's too far north. If Agroforestry don't know, the Edinburgh Bot. Gardens may have mature specimens you can eyeball (and it's an excuse to visit a great place). -- Mike. |
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Maratime Pine. Inrformation required relating to cultivation in Scotland. Thanks
If Agroforestry don't know, the Edinburgh Bot. Gardens may have mature specimens you can eyeball (and it's an excuse to visit a great place). Alternatively, Dawyck Botanical gardens in Peebles have a special collection of Pinus. 24 species and 147 different plants apparently. http://www.plantnetwork.org/directory/dawyck.htm I'm sure someone there would know and they also may have mature specimens you can eyeball (and it's an excuse to visit another great place). |
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Maratime Pine. Inrformation required relating to cultivation in Scotland. Thanks
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:59:25 +0100, Sacha wrote:
I don't know if this will help but an enquiry to them might. I got two Pinus sylvestris from them and that's another name for Pinus maritima, apparently. http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/courses.html I agree with Mike: P. maritima is better known as P. pinaster, and is not P. sylvestris. -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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Maratime Pine. Inrformation required relating to cultivationin Scotland. Thanks
On 17/10/06 19:34, in article ,
"Chris Hogg" wrote: On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:59:25 +0100, Sacha wrote: I don't know if this will help but an enquiry to them might. I got two Pinus sylvestris from them and that's another name for Pinus maritima, apparently. http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/courses.html I agree with Mike: P. maritima is better known as P. pinaster, and is not P. sylvestris. Good and thank you. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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