Description
Pinus thunbergii
lustrous dark green stiff needled
evergreen with irregular branching habit
comes 3-4′, 4-5′, 5-6′ feet tall
P. thunbergii – P. thunbergiana – Japanese Black Pine – This conical tree, becoming rounded, with dark purplish gray bark, yellow brown shoots, and cylindrical-ovoid buds covered with silky white scales. It produces thick, dark gray green leaves, 3-6″ long, are borne in pairs. It bears long oval, green brown female cones are 1 ½-3″ long. Tolerate salt spray, often broken by heavy snow loads.
Grow these easily grown plants in
any well drained soil in full sun, but may need a symbiotic soil fungus to
assist nutrient uptake on poorer soils.
Zones 5-8
