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Hardiness
Zones:
3-7 |
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Habit:
Evergreen |
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Growth
Rate: Slow to moderate |
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Site
Requirements: Sun; well
drained soil |
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Texture:
Medium |
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Form:
Trunk is often crooked or
twisted; horizontal spreading branches; irregular habit; picturesque
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Height:
40 to 60’
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Width:
40 to 60’ |
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Leaf:
3 to 5" thin, upright needles
in bundles of 2; bright to dark green; appear as if tufted |
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Flower/Fruit:
1.5 to 2" cones;
dull yellow
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Comments:
Orange
to orangish red bark peeling off in plates
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Cultivars:
Aurea
(Green in summer; golden yellow in winter), Glitzer,
Oculus Draconis, Pendula (weeping form; rich green 4"
needles), Umbraculifora
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