Compact Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo pumilio 'Compact Select'
Pronunciation: PY-nus MEW-go
SKU #03274
| 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 |
| 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
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