mugo pine
Pinus mugo
USDA zones2 to 7
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size15 to 20 feet tall25 to 30 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Broad
- Bloom color
- Non-flowering
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Mugo pine (Pinus mugo) is a tree for specimen plantings, hedges, privacy screens, and winter interest. It is hardy to USDA zone 2, or down to -50°F (-46°C). This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. This broad evergreen grows slowly and handles drought and salt. Birds also visit it.
Pairs well with Colorado blue spruce, Rock soapwort, Abbotswood shrubby cinquefoil, and Red fescue.
Native range
Central Europe to Bulgaria.