Saturday, June 8, 2013

Pine Tree Blooms

You can see these pine tree blooms in the Toronto area at this time of year. Pine trees don't flower. They are gymnosperms from what I can google, and have male and female cones as their reproductive organs.






11 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

These look lovely, I have never seen them like that, but perhaps I didn't look! There aren't many pine trees here. Valerie

Icy BC said...

Wow..they look like flowers and very pretty!

Anonymous said...

beautiful aren't they!!!

Adam said...

didn't know they bloomed

Anonymous said...

Never saw those on pines before. Wow.

Unknown said...

Have never seen those before

Joni Nickrent said...

Awesome shots...never noticed before!

Gloria Baker said...

I love these shots look beautiful Christine!

Anonymous said...

Those "blossoms" give off the most obnoxious green dust. Our neighbors had 6 of those trees in their yard and every year, in the early spring, our backyard and patio would be covered with the dust. It's also a terrible allergen. I was sad to see the new owners cut all the pines down, but I sure don't miss that dust.

Christine said...

good to know Delaine, I had no idea.

Kay said...

Gosh! I didn't know that. All I know is that I love pine nuts and they are so expensive.