Bristlecone Pine
In cultivation it proves slow, bushy, dark and enduring of difficult sites.
It is dense in growth, the shoots set with dark, short needles, five per bundle.
The cones which occasion its names are indeed tipped by slender spines or bristles.
The Bristlecone Pine, 'Pinus aristata', is a type of pine tree that can reach an age far greater than that of any other living thing known - up to 5,000 years.
Looks aside, bristlecone pine is famous because in its arid mountain home of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, it can live for thousands of years.
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Make sure you are around to enjoy your vegetable garden harvest. Keep track of the number of days written on the packet so you are not away on vacation when you garden is ready to harvest.
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