This handsome-yet-uncommon conifer deserves a special place in Northwest gardens. Himalayan pine has very long, silky-soft needles of attractive blue-green. If it is planted where it receives partial shade, the blue needle coloring is intensified. Mature specimens become large stately trees with distinctly layered branches. Trees ultimately take on a broadly pyramidal shape. And their cones are equally impressive, some reaching almost to 12 inches in length, hanging in small clusters from the branches. It is a good tree for large spaces and combines well with our native conifers. The long, almost shaggy, needles make this one of the most attractive and graceful pines for the landscape.