Re: Pinus halepensis
Probably only of interest to Australians and New Zealanders [and maybe my
friend Tim] the Aleppo Pine is the Lone Pine of legend from the WWI
Gallipoli landings where Aust and NZ troops under British command made a
suicidal assault on the Turks in the Dardanelles. As far as I know the pine
is native to the area.
Many of the oldest war memorials in Australia have Aleppos planted by them
from the post 1918 era.
It is a wonderful, hardy and attractive tree, made more so for me because of
that poignant association.
Margaret Moir
Olive Hill Farm
Margaret River, Western Australia.
www.wn.com.au/olivehill
----- Original Message -----
From: david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com>
To: oron peri <oronperi@hotmail.com>; <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: Longevity of Pinus halepensis
> Thanks to both of you for giving me the info I needed.
> It was news to me that P. halepensis is also native
> to Israel, somehow I had presumed it did not extend
> that far south. It does seem to handle drier and
> hotter sites here in California with less disease and
> insect problems, than our P. radiata. I have heard
> from Michael Frankis in England on another web site
> that P. radiata can live to be over 150 years old
> there, with some original plantings from 1850's still
> alive. It sounds like England is more similar to the
> relictual climate of California which originally
> allowed Monterey Pines to be much more widespread in
> the past.
>
>
> --- oron peri <oronperi@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello David,
> >
> > P. halepensis longevity in Israel, where this tree
> > is native, is about
> > 70 yrs. rarely above it.
> > we recommend here P. pinea , although this tree is a
> > slow grower it can live
> > much more than 100 yrs. also has better resistance
> > to diseases.
> >
> > >From: david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com>
> > >Reply-To: davidfeix@yahoo.com
> > >To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> > >Subject: Longevity of Pinus halepensis
> > >Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:13:51 -0800 (PST)
> > >
> > >I was wondering if anyone coulod comment on the
> > >typical longevity of P. halepensis? Is it in the
> > same
> > >ball park as our native P. radiata,(70 to 110
> > years).
> > >I've got a project in San Rafael, Calif. with 55
> > year
> > >old specimens of both pines, and the Aleppo pines
> > look
> > >in much better shape than the Monterey pines for
> > being
> > >the same age, but was curious to know if they are
> > also
> > >any longer lived? Anyone with actual experience
> > with
> > >Aleppo pines care to reply?
> > >
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