Mystery Pine (or JBP?)

TacomaBonsai95 · Mar 20, 2023

Mystery pine continues to impress me with its vigor.

Potawatomi13 · Mar 23, 2023

TacomaBonsai95 said:
They were with lots of other small starts of Asian varieties like Japanese larch and other rare pines. Maybe mine got mixed up with the others. I'm gonna go back to the nursurey today and do some investigating

What did nursery say

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TacomaBonsai95 · Mar 23, 2023

Potawatomi13 said:
What did nursery say?

He said the only pine seedling he got were JBP. The other pines I had seen were grafted cultivars. Apparently he gets them from the same guy every year... I'm thinking it's a hybrid with jrp or something.

Potawatomi13 · Mar 25, 2023

Hmm. Neither has 3 needles normally. Grow and enjoy

. If grows 2nd flush, epicormic growth on old bark, healthy needle color, buds, can all help ID but personally do not think is jbp or jrp. Wondering if could be loblolly?

TacomaBonsai95 · Mar 25, 2023

Potawatomi13 said:
Hmm. Neither has 3 needles normally. Grow and enjoy. If grows 2nd flush, epicormic growth on old bark, healthy needle color, buds, can all help ID but personally do not think is jbp or jrp. Wondering if could be loblolly?

Could be. I have heard that some vigorous scots pine can pop out 3 needle fascicles when young. I'm pretty sure this isn't a scots pine though. The thing is, most of the needles are in fascicles of 2. Here's what it looked like in December.