PINUS wallichiana

'Bhutan Pine'. An elegant, large, broadheaded tree, retaining its lowest branches when isolated. Leaves in 5s, to 20cm long, blue-green, slender and drooping with age. Cones stalked, solitary or in bunches, banana-shaped, 15-25cm long. A most attractive species with its graceful foliage and ornamental, resin-smeared, pendent cones. Moderately lime-tolerant but not recommended for shallow, chalk soils.