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May 10, 2016 4:33 PM CST
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Name: Brenden Reinhart
Flushing Michigan (Zone 6b)
Poor thing is barely hanging on it seems, every year this is its condition. Please help me save it!
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May 11, 2016 5:49 AM CST
Name: Sue
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4b)
Annuals Native Plants and Wildflowers Keeps Horses Dog Lover Daylilies Region: Canadian
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How much soil is it planted in? To help figure out what pine it might be, can you pull off a set of needles (on pine they will be joined at the base rather than single needles) and either post a picture or tell us how many needles were joined per set.
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May 11, 2016 11:05 AM CST
Michigan (Zone 5b)
Keeper of Poultry
It looks like a very sad white pine. You may want to just remove it and start over with a dwarf variety. White pines can grow quite large. It is not a good choice for foundation planting.
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May 16, 2016 6:52 PM CST
Name: Jeff
Hudson, Fla (Zone 9a)
Region: United States of America
Agreed !! White Pine...I think I would start over also...
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May 17, 2016 7:32 AM CST
Name: Sue
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4b)
Annuals Native Plants and Wildflowers Keeps Horses Dog Lover Daylilies Region: Canadian
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If Brendan could count the needles per bunch or send a picture of a group of needles we'd have confirmation. If it's white pine it should have bunches of 5 needles. There are dwarf white pines but I agree it's more likely a stunted "regular" one if that's what it is.
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May 25, 2016 8:20 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Brenden Reinhart
Flushing Michigan (Zone 6b)
Here is a few pics I just took

I want to save it if possible hate killing things for illogical reasoning
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May 26, 2016 9:11 AM CST
Name: Sue
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4b)
Annuals Native Plants and Wildflowers Keeps Horses Dog Lover Daylilies Region: Canadian
Butterflies Birds Enjoys or suffers cold winters Garden Sages Plant Identifier
Can you pull off invididual bunches of needles to see how many needles are attached at each base? Looking at the pictures it appears it is a two-needle pine, which would rule out white pine (a 5-needle pine), but pictures can sometimes be deceiving especially if the needles stick together. The needles also look a bit stiff and dark green to be white pine, but the easiest way is to count the needles in each bunch. Unlike spruce, pine needles don't attach to the stem individually and the number of needles per group is used for pine identification.

If it is a two needle pine, then can you bend the two needles to see if they snap in the middle (which would suggest red pine).
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May 26, 2016 10:35 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Brenden Reinhart
Flushing Michigan (Zone 6b)
Yes, I will when I get home
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