About

A dwarf, slow-growing, evergreen conifer, which produces a compact, flattened, globe to dome-shaped bush, ultimately reaching about 1.8m (6ft) high and 1.2m (4ft) across. Its small size, means it is an ideal choice for a small, city or courtyard garden, where an architectural, or evergreen focal point is needed, as well as for container growing, or for inclusion in the rockery. They are very nice to the touch and become pale, silver blue-green in winter, while being silver-blue on their upper surface and dark green on the under-surface, at other times of the year. The soft, thin, drooping needles are produced in bunches of five at the tips of the stems and are 8-14cm (3-5½in) long. It has a neat, but open to horizontal branching habit.

About the genus

Pinus can be shrubs or large, evergreen trees, some species with attractive bark, developing an irregular outline with age and bearing long needle-like leaves in bundles of 2, 3 or 5; conspicuous cones may fall or remain on the tree for years

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