Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Just to prove it's summer :-), 1 by Resin

Resin wrote:
Yep, been there, though I went up the funicular. And yep, I guess similar to Mt. Washington; it's 1300 metres altitude, so arctic-alpine tundra on top.

If you're going to Edinburgh, definitely visit RBGE:
http://www.rbge.org.uk/

To see Scots Pines in the wild, you need to get up to the Highlands, I'd recommend Speyside, around Aviemore (easy by train from Edinburgh, on the Inverness line); if you're on public transport, there's a good bus service from Aviemore to the Cairngorm funicular base station, which passes through some good pine forest around Loch Morlich, pic below taken there.

Resin