Shortleaf Pine
This fast grower makes a good screen in youth, becomes an overstory tree with time. A colonizer on its own accord, this tree accepts dry, poor soils, and full sun and has the widest range of any pine in the southeastern US. Durable- along with with Long Leafed Pine, one of two southern pines capable of living 400-500 years.
| Category: | Evergreen, Screening |
|---|---|
| Size: | Large |
| Adaptability: | Heat Tolerant, Drought Tolerant |
| Fall Color: | |
| Growth Rate: | Fast |
| Native Habitat: | USA - Eastern |
| Hardiness: | 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Form: | Pyramidal, Upright |
| Mature Size: | 55-60' tall by 30-45' wide |
| Seasonal Interest: | Dark bluish green, in bundles of 2, sometimes 3, needles. |
Related Trees
Podocarpus macropyllus ‘Flambeaux’
Flambeaux Japanese Yew
In 1989, Steve Sanchez, a landscape architect in Atlanta, was stopped at an intersection in...
View Detail
Thuja occidentalis ‘Hetz Wintergreen’
Hetz Wintergreen Eastern White Cedar
Introduced by the Hetz family at Fairview Evergreen Nursery, PA, it is their most...
View Detail
Quercus x comptoniae ‘Pinnacle’
Pinnacle Compton Oak
Pinnacle Compton Oak was selected at Bold Spring Nursery in a field of seedling...
View Detail
Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ (multi-stem)
Northern Belle Sweetbay Magnolia
We first learned of this new cultivar at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in NYC....
View Detail