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Pinus mugo - Mountain Pine
Variety overview
Specifications:
Origin:
Indigenous
Habit:
Attractive, prostrate, multi-stem and expansive large shrub or small tree, 4-5 (8) m tall, 2-4 m wide; stems and branches arching upward, broadly conical as a small tree, crooked stems; slow-growing, 15-25 (40) cm a year; should not be included among the dwarf varieties.
Flower:
Male flowers conspicuous yellow, many each year.
Fruit:
Small, round, 2-6 cm long, dark brown cones.
Leaves:
Needles in twos, short, coarse, bent, dark green.
Roots:
Shallow to moderately deep, adaptable; sensitive to soil compaction and crusting.
Demands:
Sun, in shade extremely erratic growth or withering; tolerates warmth, suffers from the combination of heat and drought; frost hardy; good for urban areas, wind resistant.
Soil:
Moderately dry to fresh; adaptable and not demanding, grows both on peat substrates and loam; optimal on fresh, humic, sandy-gravelly soil.
Our tip:
Tolerates slight cutting of young shoots, but not into old wood. Also available as trained plants.
Hardiness:
Zone 4