We picked up this Japanese pine yesterday and my wife planted it for me. Do you think it's a Japanese Red pine (I based this off the bark and needle color)? But then the needles are much shorter than most Japanese red pines that I have seen before. It was grown in a container for a very long time (all it's life), so maybe that has something to do with the shorter needles. It's very old, so old that I could not see the graft at all and the guy who grafted it can't remember what it is. Your help and expertise is greatly appreciated.
Yep, a dwarf cultivar of Japanese Red Pine Pinus densiflora. And yes, keeping in a small pot does reduce needle length.
Thank you Ron! It's interesting that when I told my wife that it was a dwarf Japanese Red Pine last night (being all proud and stuff), she said ok well which one...(ugh!) So I spent an hour last night researching dwarf Japanese Red Pine varieties and kept coming back to the Pinus densiflora ‘Umbraculifera’. Thank you for confirming it for me, because I was still a little unsure. But now I feel confident in sharing the news with her. So I thank you! My friend Elpedio, who grafted it described it as a Table Top Pine, which a quick web search also confirms that name syn with Tanyosho pine.
