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Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

  • Feeds pollinators
Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bloom colours

rust, green

What actually matters with this one

It sheds lower branches naturally to show that orange upper trunk. Never prune it into a lollipop.

How to grow it

Light
full sun
Water
Keep it dry
Hardiness
Zones 2-8
Height
15-30 m
Flowers
May
Difficulty
easy

Plant it alongside

Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.