A little splash of color that most folks do not look for or notice is white pine. The old needles turn yellow and drop, usually in the fall, but sometimes in the spring. New needles will pop in the spring, so the tree runs on two years of needles. Folks may live to be 75 before they notice this, and then they call the forester in a panic because they think their tree is dying. You explain the phenomenon and the inevitable response is, "I thought they were EVERGREENS!"
Our white pines flipped this week and we were really enjoying the show, but two days of rain have cut our joy short. The trees are all green again.
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