The dreaded courtship of the loblolly pine and its cousins has reached its crescendo. Here’s when we’ll see relief.

In central North Carolina, the yellow pine pollen typically shows up the first half of March. The mix of rain and cool ... your nose and sinuses causing allergy problems, but the small tree ...

For example, the large grains of pine pollen, which you’ll start to notice later in May and June, often get blamed for allergies, but in reality most people are not allergic to pine pollen ...