Thanks. We've had a fairly typical spring: two days ago it hit 82 F, and there's a frost warning for tomorrow nite! We're much further from the moderating influence of an ocean.
None of the buds on my ponderosa have opened yet, but then none are looking dried up, either. All my other pines (with the exception of a Bosnian that I'm 99-3/4% sure is dead) are pushing new growth, but only one of them was repotted within the last year. That's a JBP, and it's the least aggressive with new growth so far.
Here are a few pictures, embedded for better detail. The first is of some of the dying needles; the second, a full-canopy shot from an angle about 40 degrees off front; and the third, a couple of buds. (The third is pushing the limits of my camera's resolution.)
