Pinetum

Pinetum

Pronunciation:/pʌɪˈniːtəm/

noun (plural pineta /-tə/)

• a plantation of pine trees or other conifers planted for scientific or ornamental purposes.
  Origin:mid 19th century: from Latin, from pinus ’pine’
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Christmas time is here , Christmas trees everywhere, so I decided to open pinetum in My botanical garden! Let start with Christmas trees-listed below are the most common (cited from:http://www.christmastree.org/types.cfm ):

1. Arizona Cypress-Cupressus arizonica Greene
2. Colorado blue spruce-Picea pungens Engelm.
3. Concolor fir-Abies concolor
4. Eastern Redcedar-Juniperus virginiana L.
5. Fraser Fir-Abies Frasieri
6. Leyland cypress-x Cupressocyparis leylandii
7. Virginia Pine-Pinus Virginiana
8. Balsam Fir-Abies balsamea (L.) Miller
9. Canaan Fir-Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis
10. Douglas Fir-Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco
11. Eastern White Pine-Pinus Strobus L.
12. Grand Fir-Abies grandis
13. Noble Fir-Abies procera
14. Scotch Pine-Pinus sylvestris L.
15. White spruce-Picea glauca

The biggest and most beautiful pinetum is Bedgebury National Pinetum (http://www.bedgeburypinetum.org.uk/index.php ) with the most complete collection of conifers in the world.