Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata)

The cones which occasion its names are indeed tipped by slender spines or bristles. To take advantage of this great price, place your order, today! In cultivation it proves slow, bushy, dark and enduring of difficult sites. The Bristlecone Pine, 'Pinus aristata', is a type of pine tree that can reach an age far greater than that of any other living thing known - up to 5,000 years.It is dense in growth, the shoots set with dark, short needles, five per bundle. Looks aside, bristlecone pine is famous because in its arid mountain home of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, it can live for thousands of years. * $24.95