Description
An elegant, large, broadheaded tree,retaining its lowest branches when isolated. Leaves in 5s,to 20cm long, blue-green,slender and drooping with age.Cones stalked,solitary or in bunches, banana shaped,15-25cm long. A most attractive species with its graceful foliage and ornamental,resin-smeared,pendent cones. It is moderately lime-tolerant but not recommended for shallow chalk soils. Temperate Himalaya.