Vanderwolf's Pyramid Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid'
Distinctive, pyramid shaped pine with long, twisted silvery blue-green needles displayed on dense branches. A superior selection for lawn specimen and accent. Resistant to insects and disease. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-nus FLEK-sil-is |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 7 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 11, 14 - 21 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow grower to 20 to 25 ft. tall, 10 to 15 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Pyramidal |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, North American Native, Showy Fruit, Waterwise, Year-round Interest |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 6539 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: spring.
Design Ideas
This Pine produces fluffy foliage that resembles a Cedar from a distance. It is remarkably resilient and an important component in Midwestern shelterbelts and windbreaks. Adapts well to dry conditions in the West, both in semidesert and mountain foothill regions where soils are thin and poor. Makes a very graceful single specimen for front yards, parks or expansive estate-sized landscapes.
History
This is a moderately sized forest tree that is native to a large range of the Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to New Mexico and into parts of California and the most of the west. It was first identified and classified by Rocky Mountain plant collector and botanist, Edwin James, 1797-1861. It was strangely misclassified later into its own genus as Apinus flexilis by Per Axel Rydberg, 1860-1931, while he was with the New York Botanical Garden. This patented variety is not doubt an offspring or sport of P. f. glauca due to the blue-green foliage, and may be the only widely grown form of this species in cultivation today.
Distinctive, pyramid shaped pine with long, twisted silvery blue-green needles displayed on dense branches. A superior selection for lawn specimen and accent. Resistant to insects and disease. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: spring.
Design Ideas
This Pine produces fluffy foliage that resembles a Cedar from a distance. It is remarkably resilient and an important component in Midwestern shelterbelts and windbreaks. Adapts well to dry conditions in the West, both in semidesert and mountain foothill regions where soils are thin and poor. Makes a very graceful single specimen for front yards, parks or expansive estate-sized landscapes.
History
This is a moderately sized forest tree that is native to a large range of the Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to New Mexico and into parts of California and the most of the west. It was first identified and classified by Rocky Mountain plant collector and botanist, Edwin James, 1797-1861. It was strangely misclassified later into its own genus as Apinus flexilis by Per Axel Rydberg, 1860-1931, while he was with the New York Botanical Garden. This patented variety is not doubt an offspring or sport of P. f. glauca due to the blue-green foliage, and may be the only widely grown form of this species in cultivation today.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-nus FLEK-sil-is |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 7 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 11, 14 - 21 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow grower to 20 to 25 ft. tall, 10 to 15 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Pyramidal |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, North American Native, Showy Fruit, Waterwise, Year-round Interest |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 6539 |
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