blue Pine

Latin name: Pinus. Category: Container plants Conifers. Family: pine (Pinaceae). Shape: evergreen large trees (rarely shrubs and dwarf), usually with a strong crown, or a raised horizontal branches. Description Crohn pine depends on the age of the tree. The young tree is compact, shirokopiramidalnaya, a mature - round, the old - an umbrella. All species of pine bark scaly or bumpy, and its color changes as the tree growing up: a young pine, it is bright, the old - brown or dark gray. Pine needle - needle, collected into bundles, the number of needles and texture in the beam depends on the type of pine. Pine needles can be all shades of green - and light and dark and bluish - and even golden and white. The width of the needles only 1-2 mm and a length depending on the species of pine range from 2 to 30 centimeters. Pine needles grow for two to three years, and then fall off. On one tree grow and male, female inflorescences. After pollination, the female inflorescences are cones formed in which pine seeds are formed. Cones - one of the main decorations of the tree. They are at the ends of shoots, mature on the second or third year, are bent or straight, cylindrical or ovoid, hanging or on the contrary, growing up. Their form is always rounded, and 3 cm length 40-50 cm.