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Pinus 'Forest Sky'

 
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Pinus 'Forest Sky' - Forest Sky pine
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Forest Sky pine
Family: Pinaceae (pine family)
Distribution: hybrid: selection of Pinus ayacahuite × P. strobus
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Evergreen tree
Comments: A hybrid evergreen conifer originally from Yale University, described as a conical clone with blue-green foliage. Compared with the eastern white pine, it is slower growing, has a tighter form and shows less winter browning of needles. Its mature size is expected to be 30-50' tall and only half as wide. Plant in full sun or part shade in moist, well-drained, acid soil. Best used as a specimen, accent plant or within a mixed evergreen screen.
Links: American Conifer Society Database

Locations

  • 1: FLT: CQ27 (CQ27) • Accession: D1994-0173.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: OAK: BK33 (BK33) • Accession: D1994-0173.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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