Scientific Name
Pinus sylvestris

Common Name
Scotch pine

Hardiness Zones: 2-8a
Habit: Evergreen
Growth Rate: Rapid
Site Requirements: Sun; well drained soil; tolerates poor, dry sites
Texture: Medium
Form: Irregular pyramid with young; short spreading branches; lower branches die
Height: 30 to 70'
Width: 20 to 35'
Leaf: 1 to 3" bluish green needles in pairs; yellow green in winter
Flower/Fruit: 1.5 to 3" cones solitary or in groups of 2 to 3
Comments: Good landscape form, but later becomes more open; dwarf forms; transplant easily; picturesque with age; orangish brown bark great variability among seedlings
Cultivars: --
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