Our Pine Tree
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74633)
Daytona Beach, Florida
October 16, 2016 3:44pm CST
We have a large deciduous conifer by our front fence. It is a tall, lovely tree with lots of pine cones. This kind of pine sheds its needles just like trees shed their leaves in the fall. You can see it in the picture. During the spring it grows soft, green needles and stays green all summer. Then in the autumn it starts turning yellow and sheds its needles. We are used to it but the needles are everywhere until the last one falls. When I first moved here I had never seen such a fir tree and was amazed to discover that it changed with the seasons just like trees did.
Have any of you heard of such a pine tree or do you have such a tree in your garden?
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@JohnRoberts (109848)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Oct 16
I thought all pine trees shed needles. That's why in forests you walk on beds of needles.
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@RasmaSandra (74633)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 16
I believe they lost some of their needles but not all. Our pine looses all of the needles and then grows them back in the spring. @JohnRoberts
@Tampa_girl7 (49383)
• United States
23 Oct 16
@RasmaSandra my yard is covered in pine needles as I write this. No, my trees are never bare. They are replenished with new needles as the old are shed.
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@RasmaSandra (74633)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Oct 16
Do any of them shed all their needles during the autumn @Tampa_girl7
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@RasmaSandra (74633)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 16
Oh, yes needles most everywhere. We let the wind and rain take care of most of it but it seems that the needles will never go away @MALUSE Right now our pine is still yellow and still shedding not to mention the pine cones that keep falling on my head.
@RasmaSandra (74633)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 16
Much too much to rake up. Usually the wind and rain takes care of it but for awhile the pine needles wind up inside too. It's amazing they don't seem to bother our cat Sid at all and he doesn't pick them up on his paws.
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@DianneN (247205)
• United States
20 Oct 16
@RasmaSandra I'm sure they could hurt his little tootsies.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32532)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Oct 16
Does your pine tree produce pine nuts? Those things are overpriced on my country.
@RasmaSandra (74633)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker no, no pine nuts. It has pine cones.
@RasmaSandra (74633)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 16
I didn't either until I got a house with such a tree. Perhaps if you look around you might see such pine trees @TheHorse
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@TheHorse (208414)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Oct 16
@RasmaSandra I haven't seen any here. Some of our oak trees shed leaves and others don't. There's lots of "live oak" in our hills.
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