If you are set on having a Japanese black pine, and can grow it to maturity, you'll still have problems waiting for you. You need to be on the lookout for diseases and pests, which hasten the tree ...

Stiff upright shoots, called candles, appear at the ends of the branches in spring. Male and female cones occur on the same tree. The female ones develop into little woody pine cones.

Researchers have found that the taller the Japanese black pine trees (Pinus thunbergii) along the coast, the deeper their roots penetrate the ground. Deeper roots make trees more resistant to ...