
Scotch Pine
- Botanical Name
- Pinus sylvestris
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 7
- Height
- 30 to 60 feet
- Width
- 30 to 40 feet
- Fruit
- 1.5 to 3 inch cones with triangular bump on scale, held in clusters of 2 or 3
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, adaptable but prefers acidic
- Planting & Care
- Transplants easily balled and burlap
- Tolerates wide variety of soils except wet
- Problems
- Scale, sawflies, Diplodia needle cast
- Varieties
- Fastigiata - upright, narrow, susceptable to snow damage, 25 feet
- Watereri - slow growing, dense pyramid form, steel blue needles, dark orange bark, 15+ feet
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