Compact Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo pumilio 'Compact Select'
Description | A handsome conifer displaying dark green needles on dense branches. The slow growing, mounded form makes an ideal accent in a rock garden, small urban landscape, or container. Equally attractive featured in groups or combined with broadleaf plants in a large shrub border. Evergreen. |
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Light | Filtered sun, Full sun, Partial shade, Partial sun |
Watering | Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry. |
Blooms | Conifer; prized for foliage. |
Mature Size | Slow growing; reaches 5 ft. tall and wide in 10 years. |
Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
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Special Features | Easy Care, Waterwise, Compact Form, Benefits Birds |
Problems/Solutions | Rabbit Resistant |
Growth Rate | Slow |
Landscape Use | Border, Container, Suitable for Topiary |
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Foliage Color | Dark Green |
Companion Plants | Japanese Maple (Acer); Rhododendron (Rhododendron); Lily of the Valley Shrub (Pieris); Winter Daphne (Daphne); Astilbe (Astilbe) |
Care | Grows easily in enriched, loamy and well-drained soils. Water deeply, regularly in the first growing season to establish an extensive root system; once established, reduce frequency. Apply a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Prune only to remove old, damaged or dead branches. |
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This Plant's Growing Zones: 2-8
Your USDA Cold Hardiness Zone: 6
Good to grow!
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Chalet - Wilmette 3132 Lake Ave.
Wilmette, Illinois 60091 -
Victor Hlavacek Florist 746 Green Bay Road
Winnetka, Illinois 60093 -
Lowe's 3601 West Touhy Avenue
Lincolnwood, Illinois 60712-2601
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We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for nearly 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.