Compact Select mugo pine
Pinus mugo 'Compact Select'
USDA zones2 to 7
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Broad
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Compact Select' mugo pine (Pinus mugo 'Compact Select') is a shrub for rock gardens, borders, foundation plantings, and containers. 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. It grows slowly into a broad evergreen shape that tolerates drought and salt. Deer tend to pass it by. Birds visit it.
Pairs well with Red Wings moss phlox, Rock soapwort, and Shrubby cinquefoil.