
Lacebark Pine
- Botanical Name
- Pinus bungeana
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 7
- Height
- 30 to 50 feet
- Width
- 20 to 35 feet
- Flowers
- Monoecious
- Fruit
- Cone: ovoid, 2 to 3 inches, broad scales with a triangular spine, light yellowish brown
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Transplant balled and burlap if root pruned
- Adaptable to most soil types and pH as long as they are well-drained
- Moderately drought tolerant
- Plant near patio or deck where bark can be seen and appreciated
- Weak crotches and multi-trunk habit causes limb breakage and trunk splitting in heavy snow and ice
- Showy, mottled bark after first 10 to 15 years of growth
- Can be expensive and difficult to locate
- Problems
- Cankers, needle blights, scale, webworm, spittlebug, shoot borer
- Varieties
- Silver Ghost - mottled bark has silvery-gray tones
- Temple Gem - compact, slow growing cultivar
- Compacta - growth rate half the species, dense form
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