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Pinaceae
Scotch pine
Pinus sylvestris
Also known as Scots pine, Pinus borealis, Pinus sylvestris f. corticola, Pinus sylvestris f. plicata
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Pine · Evergreen · Tree · Hardy · Drought-Tolerant · Windbreak · Christmas-Tree · Conifer · Landscape
Scotch pine is an extremely hardy evergreen tree that requires minimal care once established. It tolerates poor soils and drought conditions well, making it excellent for difficult sites. Water young trees regularly for the first two years, then they become largely self-sufficient.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply at base, allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 14-21 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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