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The Bhutan Pine in an elegant, large, broad headed tree with 20cm long drooping needles arranged in fives. The banana shaped cones are up to 25cm long. Highly ornamental and often grown in parks. Can be used as a source of high grade turpentine and is usefully tolerant of pollution, although in the wild it grows in the high valleys of the Himalayas and Afganistan.
Pinus excelsa/wallichiana
Common name: Bhutan Pine.
Native: Himalayas
Provenance: Germany
Size and spread (10 years): 3.5m
Treatment required: Requires pre chill.
Seeds / kg: 16000
Ideal sowing period: Spring
Soil conditions: Most soils and is lime tolerant but will not grow on shallow chalk soils.
Planting instructions: Tolerates quite high pollution levels. Prefers dry winters
and wet summers.
Mature height: 20m
| Weight | 5.00 g |
|---|---|
| Size | Seed Pack (100 seeds approx.) |
| Genus | Pinus |
| Family | Pinaceae |
| Hardiness | Hardy |
| Life Cycle | tree |
| Evergreen | evergreen |
| Requires | sun |
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