Chinese Pine

Pinus tabuliformis Pinaceae

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

China

Location

Hillside Garden

Source of plant

Fairweather Gardens, Forestfarm Nursery

Description

Tree to 25 m in height or occasionally shrubby, the crown usually broad and flat, the stem stout and thick. Needles held in fascicles of 2(-3), densely crowded at the branch tips, 10-15 cm long, thin, often bluish-green with stomatal lines on both sides.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5