Pinus Mugo Pumilio Bonsai
The natural form is low and very wide.
Pinus mugo pumilio bonsai. The dwarf mugo pine is native to the high elevations of the mountain regions of central and southern europe. It ends up with a majestic and bit grizzled look. If you need help identifying your tree try our bonsai tree identification guide. Pumilio sku 6545 a popular dwarf conifer displaying dark green needles on dense branches.
The cultivar is jakobsen and grown by iseli nursery. There are mugo pines that are dwarf at under 3 feet and some that are 20 feet tall and almost as wide. Japanese white pine pinus parviflora scots pine pinus sylvestris ponderosa pine pinus ponderosa and mountain pine pinus mugo or mugo pine. A very useful slow growing evergreen for rock gardens mass plantings and in mixed groupings with broadleaf plants.
Not 100 sure where i want to go yet so looking for suggestions. It is recommended that the plain mugo pine is used as mugo varieties tend to be weaker and unresponsive in comparison. The small pine is a species of conifer native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to central europe. It has been used to stabilize coastal sand dune areas in europe.
Department of agriculture zone 2. It can be as small as three feet and almost as large as 20 feet tall. So it is well suited to being a small tree that looks like a large tree. Mugo pine is often cultivated as a bonsai and is hardy down to u s.
Though pinus mugo has something of a poor reputation as bonsai with the correct techniques mugos are easy to cultivate and style. Mugo pine is an evergreen shrub that bears needles in groups of two and 1 to 2 inch cones. A mugo pine or creeping pine dwarf mountain pine mountain pine scrub mountain pine or swiss mountain pine is an evergreen. Dwarf mountain pine pinus mugo pumilio the dwarf mountain pine is a type of tree that is a favorite for bonsai growers.
It s a bit of a clump right now but i promise the. Mugo pines also known as mountain pines are easily available at garden centres and nurseries compared to most pine species. It was first introduced into denmark in 1798 and became widely grown in europe commercially since 1860. I grabbed a mugo pine nursery stock today.
Pinus mugo mugo pine bonsai indepth.