| HEIGHT: | 30 - 60 feet |
| SPREAD: | 30 - 40 feet |
| DISTINCTIONS: | Habit becomes picturesque and irregular with age; orange, flaky bark on upper parts of tree becoming thick and brownish red toward the base; needles variable in color from bluish green to yellow green, in clusters of 2, 1.5"-3" long; cones on short stalks. |
| LIMITATIONS: | Not good for shelter belts because lower limbs are naturally dropped over time; northern seed source essential for hardiness; a poor choice for Juneau. |
| HARDINESS: | INT, SC, (Zone 2) |
| ORIGIN: | Wide ranging from Norway and Scotland to Turkey, western Asia and northeast Siberia. |
| CULTIVARS: | ‘Fastigiata’ A narrow spire with erect branches; grows to 25' tall; needs snow load protection. Finnish Trees grown from seed of Finnish origin and sold in Anchorage in the 1980s; touted as being hardier than other Scotch pine. See entry under Evergreen Shrubs. |
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| The information for this Evergreen Tree (14) was last updated on: 2011-01-14 17:17:36 | |
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