Japanese Stone Pine Seed

Pinus pumila

£5.00 inc. VAT

Japanese Stone Pine is a beautiful low growing, sometimes prostrate, hardy shrub-like tree native to north-east Asia including Japan. The female cones are purplish when young turning to a red-brown at maturity.  Needles are dense and in bundles of 5. In the wild it grows at high elevations, above the forest line and often with willow and alder scrub. Very tolerant of extreme climates – a tough specimen!

Earn up to 5 Points.

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Description

Pinus pumila

Common name: Japanese Stone Pine, Dwarf Siberian Pine

Native: North-East Asia.

Provenance: China

Size and spread (10 years): 1m to 3m spreading broadly.

Treatment required: Deeply dormant requires 18 weeks stratification.

 Seeds / kg: 9700     76% viable

Ideal sowing period: Spring

Soil conditions: Light to medium soils .

Planting instructions: Suitable for rockeries and alpine screes

Mature height: Up to 6m but more often 3m.

Additional information

Weight 5.00 g
Genus

Pinus

Size

Seed Pack (approx 20 seeds)

Family

Pinaceae

Hardiness

Hardy

Life Cycle

tree

Evergreen

evergreen