Italian Stone Pine
Italian Stone Pine
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Pinus pinea
Pinus pinea
Stone Pine; Italian Stone Pine; Umbrella Pine
Mediterranean
20
–
40 feet
20
–
40 feet
Full Sun
Very Low
Deer Resistant
Evergreen
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About This Plant
Sun; evergreen with long needles and a very flat, very distinctive umbrella-like canopy. Famously slow-growing, Stone Pine is a huge, long-lived conifer often planted as a living Christmas tree. (Be sure to consider its mature footprint before placing it under power lines or eaves.)
Excellent specimens can be seen at Ft. Sam Houston and other San Antonio-area Air Force bases where they were planted in the mid-20th century.
Maintenance
Young plants can be affected by extreme cold. Prune dead and diseased branches only, and never remove more than 25% of the tree in any 5-year cycle. Stone pine is extremely slow-growing; cutting off the lower branches doesn’t speed it up.
Features
Plant Type:
Large Tree
Size:
20-40' H, 20-40' W
Sunlight Requirements:
Full Sun
Soil Types:
Clay, Sandy, Thin
Wildlife:
Flower Color:
White
Bloom Time:
Freeze Hardy:
Yes
Invasive:
No
Caution:
None
Coupon Eligible:
No
This plant goes well with
Hesperocyparis arizonica
Juniperus virginiana
Taxodium mucronatum
Juniperus ashei
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