Commonly called "Pencil Pine", "Roman Candle" or "Italian Pine".
A tall, narrow growing conifer with deep green fine foliage..
There are many variations in cultivations, but good selections should reach
5 metres by 60 centimetres in the first 10 years.
If regularly pruned, a smaller size can be maintained.
Some of the poorer selections have branches that fall out and are covered in ugly "nuts".