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Blue pine

This tree is often known as 'Bhutan Pine', , and also as 'Blue Pine' and as 'Himalayan White Pine'. In the past, it was also known by the invalid botanic names Pinus griffithii McClelland or Pinus excelsa Wall., and was also known as Pinus chylla Lodd. when the tree became available through the European nursery trade in 1836, nine years after Dr Wallich first introduced seeds to England.

Pinus wallichiana is a pine native to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains, from eastern Afghanistan east across northern Pakistan and India to Yunnan in southwest China. It grows at high altitudes in mountain valleys at altitudes of 1800�4300 m (rarely as low as 1200 m), and is a tree from 30�50 m in height. It grows in a temperate climate with dry winters and wet summers. More

Benjamin and tunilla, Pinus wallichiana "Densa" is a rare plant, often mislabeled. 80% are pinus strobus "Fastigiata". Tunilla wrote :"a nice,fastigiate(columnar) plant. More