Very nice! I have a 2nd year graft in a holding bed right now. How old is yours?

What a cheerful sight, Ken!

Yay, a Ken photo! About how long does the gold usually last for you before it fades to green?

depends on how hot it gets ... not all that long .... couple weeks????

ken

Well, I that's still pretty cool if you think of it like blooming flowers where the show only last a few weeks.

Mine from this morning. Worth having just for the spring show.

mine is so small ... because it the .. i dont know.. 4th one i have tried to kill .. lol ...

it was given as a gift by one who was not impressed by the size he got mail order ... and ordered a bigger one ... he gave it to me.. not long after i cursed the brand.. and told him i would never try to grow one again ...

on some level.. i think he was messing with me.. lol ... thx jerry

ken

It is much bigger than mine Ken. Mine is about 4 or 5 inches tall. It looks like a fairly quick growing tree after it takes off.

I had to have a second one, bought a one gallon from Iseli since I had accrued enough points at a nearby garden center.

It was quite root bound which I'm seeing more and more with Iseli plants. I thought I worked them out gently and did well with the fall after care, but it was toast by spring.

The larger one that I shared has been putting on comparable growth after the first three years. I think it's going on 5 or 6 years now.

Beautiful. I had to leave mine behind when I moved as too large but have a four footer coming from conifer kingdom this fall.Can't wait.It is one of my favorite pines.