World Plants

Pinus radiata (Monterey Pine, Insignis or Radiata Pine)

Family	Pinaceae
Genus	Pinus
Species	radiata
Category	Woody
Type	Tree (evergreen)
Origin	Central Coast of California. Introduced by Victorian plant collector David Douglas who was employed by the Horticultural Society of London (later to become the Royal Horticultural Society) in the 1920’s. Douglas was killed under suspicious circumstances on his return from the Pacific North-West via Hawaii in 1834 at the age of 35.
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General Description	Vigorous evergreen Conifer.
ID Characteristic	It is closely related to Bishop Pine and Knobcone Pine, hybridizing readily with both species; it is distinguished from the former by needles in threes (not pairs), and from both by the cones not having a sharp spine on the scales.
Landscape	Hedging and screen low maintenance costal.
Cultivation	Best grown in well-drained soil.
Pests	Adelgids, aphids and pine shoot moth.
Notable Specimens	Pinetum Park and Pine Lodge Gardens, Cornwall, England. Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England.National Trust Trelissick Garden, Feock, near Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Bark/Stem Description	The bark is fissured and dark grey to brown.
Leaf Description	The leaves are bright green, in clusters of three, slender, 8?15 cm long and with a blunt tip.
Fruit Description	The cones are 7 - 17 cm long, brown, ovoid (egg-shaped), and usually set asymmetrically on a branch, attached at an oblique angle.