Ponderosa Pine
- Botanical Name
- Pinus ponderosa
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 6
- Height
- 60 to 100 feet in cultivation, 150 to 230 feet in the wild
- Width
- 25 to 30 feet in cultivation
- Flowers
- Monoecious
- Fruit
- Cone: oval, 3 to 4 inches, sharp prickles on scales
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Tolerant of alkaline soils
- Drought and salt tolerant
- Intolerant of shade
- Transplant balled and burlap
- Problems
- Cankers, needle blights, scale, webworm, spittlebug, shoot borer, bark beetle
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