Longleaf Pine witches broom find?

11 years ago

I found this Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) in the wild, and I'm pretty sure it looks like I discovered a witches broom, but I want all of your options. What do you all think of the broom? And has there ever been a Pinus palustris witches broom discovered?

Comments (11)

salicaceae
11 years ago
Yep - I have found quite a few on longleaf, slash, spruce and sand pines around here. The problem is often getting scions collected since they are so high up!
treeguy123
Original Author
11 years ago
I thought it was cool, it's the first broom I've ever found. I think I could get some scion using a pole pruner. Maybe I could attempt to graft a few branches of it to a Loblolly pine at my house. :-)
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monkeytreeboy15
11 years ago
Very nice broom, indeed!
It is worth propagating--looks to have an open and bushy form.

-Sam
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
peeps have been known to use a shotgun for harvesting..

ken
Simoni
11 years ago
HI,
AND PLEASE YOU ARE WILLING TO SEND SOME SCIONS TO EUROPE?
M.S.
blue_yew
11 years ago
Nice I like the long needles on it
pineresin
11 years ago
"HI,
AND PLEASE YOU ARE WILLING TO SEND SOME SCIONS TO EUROPE? "

No. It is illegal to import live pine foliage into Europe from North America. Don't send any.

Only seeds and dried herbarium material can be imported into Europe.

Resin
Simoni
11 years ago
Hi Resin,
it depends on the agreenment between us and treeguy123?
MS
treeguy123
Original Author
11 years ago
At the moment I wasn't really thinking of mailing any scion, especially since I have not named/grafted it yet, and perhaps I could even patent it? :-) Plus overseas shipping and laws like Resin mentioned would likely be trouble.

Sam and blue_yew, It does have nice long needles and seems thick and bushy. There is a good chance it could end up looking like Pinus taeda 'Nana' except it would have longer needles.

Pinus taeda 'Nana' (which I think came from a broom many years ago):
treeguy123
Original Author
11 years ago
And Ken, I've thought about using my shotgun if the Pole Pruner is not long enough (option #2). Dax gave me that idea with his video. :)
pineresin
11 years ago
"Hi Resin,
it depends on the agreenment between us and treeguy123?
MS"

No, it depends on European Plant Health legislation. If you did import a specimen, both you and the sender could be subject to heavy fines, and maybe prison sentences.

You also risk importing several very damaging pine diseases, which could not only ruin your own business, but also the health and viability of pines across the whole of Europe and Asia.

Do you really want to be responsible for importing the pine equivalent of Dutch Elm Disease, or Chestnut Blight, or any of the other disasters that have resulted from past live plant foliage imports? Don't try it.

Resin