Pines are excellent for offering year-round color in the landscape.
For beginners, height is one of the easier features to start with.
Pines are diverse in size, ranging from dwarfs to giants.
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Smooth gray bark becomes fissured with age.
This pine tree is identified by its needles, which are a light yellowish-green.
Aleppo pine is a large tree with a conical open-crowned shape.
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It works best on large properties where it has room to grow unimpeded.
The bristlecone may also be called hickory pine or Rocky Mountain bristlecone in some regions.
Canary Island Pine
This very large tree gradually develops a parasol-like canopy as it matures.
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It is a very sturdy, durable tree that tolerates most soil types.
However, it does not tolerate cold.
It is not a common landscape tree.
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The chir pine is sometimes known as the Imodipine.
It is sometimes planted as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens.
It has a very attractive form, but it is rarely grown in U.S. landscapes.
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It has edible pignoli nuts in Mediterranean regions.
This slender species produces curved cones.
It is also sometimes used in bonsai craft.
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It is regarded as an invasive plant in Pennsylvania and a few other Atlantic coast states.
As the tree matures, it develops an attractive spreading branch pattern and flat top.
This slow-growing conifer has fine, bluish foliage and purplish-brown bark.
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It is a favorite for bonsai enthusiasts.
It has a good tolerance for drought and poor soils.
The black bark smells like vanilla and young shoots produce an attractive gray bloom.
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It is regarded as invasive and undesirable in much of California.
Lacebark Pine
This tree has an exfoliating bark that looks similar to that of the sycamore.
It grows quite slowly, taking 50 years to reach a mature height of 50 feet.
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Its attractive bark makes it a favorite landscape specimen.
When planted in landscapes, it is used for challenging conditions, such as poor soil.
Lodgepole Pine
Depending on the subspecies and variety, the lodgepole pine is a shrub or tree.
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As the botanical namecontortahints, the trunks on the tree tend to be twisted and contorted.
This species is well suited to windy, barren sites and tolerates waterlogged ground.
It would be an effective landscape tree on properties plagued by such challenges.
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Longleaf Pine
Longleaf pine is a very tall, upright tree with a straight trunk.
Crafts enthusiasts make use of both the needles and the cones.
Longleaf pine has a slow growth rate, however.
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Other common names include Ryuku Island pine and old-style pine.
It can be a good tree for shoreline landscapes.
This species is well-suited to dry, sandy soil.
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It is also known as cluster pine or French turpentine pine.
Thisfast-growingconifer matures from a conical shape to a domed top.
Black bark contrasts with bright green leaves.
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It is a very versatile species with commercial uses as well as common landscape uses.
It’s native to the foggy coastal areas of California.
Monterey pine makes an excellent windbreak.
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It makes an interesting shrub specimen in the landscape, where it can function as aground cover.
When planted in mass, it can serve to hold soil and prevent erosion.
Be sure to read the tag for height information if you are looking for the dwarf kind.
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Dwarf kinds are ‘Compacta,’ ‘Gnome,’ ‘Hesse,’ var.mugo, and var.pumilo.
Pitch Pine
Pitch pine is so-called because it exudes a lot of pine resin.
Keep this in mind if you wantlow-maintenance landscaping.
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as pitch pine might not be an ideal choice for your yard.
Moreover, its crooked growth habit and somewhat shabby overall appearance give it little usefulness as a landscape specimen.
Older trees become thin and ragged, so pond pine isn’t highly valued as a landscape tree.
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This species is sometimes known as marsh pine, bay pine,or pocosin pine.
It is also grown for its distinctive deeply fissured bark.
It makes a good landscape specimen plant in the northern part of its range, zones 2 to 5.
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Young trees are sometimes farmed as Christmas trees.
Some types have serotinous cones, which require fire before they will open and expel their seeds.
Sand pines are also called scrub pines.
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It makes a good Christmas tree.
Smaller dwarf varieties make some of the best types of pine trees for landscaping.
Plant in a protected site as this species is susceptible to wind damage.
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Single-Leaf Pinyon Pine
Single-leaf pinyon pine is a small- to medium-sized tree with flaking bark.
In some regions, it is used as a Christmas tree.
It is difficult to propagate, so it isn’t widely available in the nursery trade.
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However, if you might find one, its attractive bark adds interest in landscape plantings.
Sugar Pine
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Sugar pine is the tallest of all pine trees.
Not only that, but it boasts the longest conesnearly 2 feet in length.
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Tanyosho Pine
Pinus densiflorais the most common of all pine trees native to Japan.
It is often used in foundation plantings and is sometimes grown by bonsai enthusiasts.
The species may also be called by the common names umbrella pine or tabletop pine.
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It is closely related to the Aleppo pine.
The crown of the tree gradually becomes rounded as the tree ages.
It is sometimes planted as a landscape specimen tree in warm climates.
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It has a broad, open-crowned growth habit that becomes twisted in fantastic shapes by coastal winds.
Where it appears, the Torrey pine is usually protected by law.
It is also sometimes known as the Del Mar pineor Soledad pine.
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This unusual specimen is well-suited to seaside areas that are not too cold.
Turkish Pine
Turkish pine is a very popular ornamental tree for warm climates.
Several cultivars are available with a remarkabletolerance for heatand drought.
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It has attractive, deeply fissured red-brown bark.
It bears edible pine nuts.
It is sometimes planted as a landscape specimen tree and can be farmed as a Christmas tree.
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Young shoots bear a pinkish-white bloom.
Some cultivars turn an attractive yellow-gold in winter.
It makes a good Christmas tree.
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It is also known as Jersey pine, spruce pine, and Virginia scrub pine.
Regionally, it may be known as the mountain white pine, Idaho white pine, or silver pine.
As a scrubby tree, it is rarely used in landscape plantings.
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This bang out of pine tree is a threatened species in its native range.
Most are sun-loving but not otherwise fussy.
A pine tree should be easy to care for unless you have too much shade in your yard.
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The mugo pine can be grown in the smallest of yards.
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Monterey Pine.United States Department of Agriculture Southern Research Station.
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