Evergreen. 1  Overview Light Needs: Full sun. 2  Detail Botanical Pronunciation:PY-nus FLEK-sil-is. 3  Care Care Information. 4  History & Lore History: This is a moderately sized forest tree that is native to a large range of the Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to New Mexico and into parts of California and the most of the west.
1 France. While France and Italy compete for the top wine production region of the world they are also reducing wine production every year. France has lowered production by 11% since 2007.
The chÃ¢teau of Villandry, built in 1532, and its formal gardens in the Loire valley just east of Tours, France. Â© Rob Palmer from TSWâCLICK/Chicago; France is among the globeâs oldest nations, the product of an alliance of duchies and principalities under a single ruler in the Middle Ages. Today, as in that era, central authority is vested in the state, even though a measure of autonomy has been granted to the countryâs rÃ©gions in recent decades.