Grey Pine Pine cones. untreated, wild harvested. These beauties are sold by the one cone. These ones are medium large size. Most of these cones are heavily laden with Sap and weigh between 2-5 lbs, the sap smells incredible and pools in gum drops at the end of each cone petal. The cone petals are incredibly sharp, so be so careful!
The grey pine is a slow growing Sierra Nevada Foothills tree, we are incredibly blessed to have them in the Moon Manzanita Forest lands. They are highly drought tolerant and ours here are absolutley massive, they grow betwenn 40 to 80 plus feet and often branch into two leaders, so about half way up the trunk they split into two separate pine tops, this leads to a more fragile tree.
Last year I was out in a rain storm trying to make a ditch for the rain to follow before it flooded the container with my belonging stored in it, I looked at the Grey pine next to me and knew it was going to fall, there was nothing out of the ordinary occuring except a heavy storm, I just felt I needed to be certain I was out of the way of its lean, as they have a tendency to be leaners (some grow to a certain sideways) So I moved myself to its non leaning side and two seconds later I heard a massive crack and watched as the 80 foot tree right in front of me fell.
They have side growing tap roots, and I was standing on the tap root that had decided for some reason or other to split entirely, thus the tree fell. Thankfully I had been listening to the tree when it told me to move and I was on the not being crushed side of its fall.
I adore these trees. They smell absolutely amazing!
They make some of the largest pine cones on earth.
May you enjoy these glorious Cones as well!
Grey Pine Pine cones. untreated, wild harvested. These beauties are sold by the one cone. These ones are medium large size. Most of these cones are heavily laden with Sap and weigh between 2-5 lbs, the sap smells incredible and pools in gum drops at the end of each cone petal. The cone petals are incredibly sharp, so be so careful!
The grey pine is a slow growing Sierra Nevada Foothills tree, we are incredibly blessed to have them in the Moon Manzanita Forest lands. They are highly drought tolerant and ours here are absolutley massive, they grow betwenn 40 to 80 plus feet and often branch into two leaders, so about half way up the trunk they split into two separate pine tops, this leads to a more fragile tree.
Last year I was out in a rain storm trying to make a ditch for the rain to follow before it flooded the container with my belonging stored in it, I looked at the Grey pine next to me and knew it was going to fall, there was nothing out of the ordinary occuring except a heavy storm, I just felt I needed to be certain I was out of the way of its lean, as they have a tendency to be leaners (some grow to a certain sideways) So I moved myself to its non leaning side and two seconds later I heard a massive crack and watched as the 80 foot tree right in front of me fell.
They have side growing tap roots, and I was standing on the tap root that had decided for some reason or other to split entirely, thus the tree fell. Thankfully I had been listening to the tree when it told me to move and I was on the not being crushed side of its fall.
I adore these trees. They smell absolutely amazing!
They make some of the largest pine cones on earth.
May you enjoy these glorious Cones as well!
