WHAT: Bosnian pine is slow-growing pine that maintains a strong central trunk, creating a stately, tight, pyramidal form that can add an aristocratic air to a garden.
Its form becomes a little more open as it matures, showing an attractive, layered branching habit.
Stiff, upright bundles of needles are a deep dark green and feature a lustrous and rich tone.
WHY PLANT IT: It is a tough and versatile evergreen, tolerating poor soil and sunny, hot spots.
It’s great for formal settings and would be an appropriate choice for smaller gardens.
WHERE: It requires full sun with at least six hours of direct sun a day.
It will grow in a wide range of soils, including relatively poor soils and clay soils, as long as the drainage is good.
Once this pine is established, it is quite drought tolerant.
HOW: To capitalize on its rigid structure, plant it with more formal growers such as viburnum davidii or tightly sheared osmanthus delavayi.
For a softer appearance, combine it with red-flowering currant, longleaf Oregon grape or Miss Kim lilac.
It has no major insect or disease problems.
ACTUAL SIZE: It will grow to about 10 feet tall and about 6 feet wide in 10 years, and may eventually reach 25 feet tall with a spread of 12 feet.
LEARN MORE: See www.greatplantpicks.org.
Source: Great Plant Picks
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