Pinus mugo dwarf mountain pine care and cultivation. Design ideas although mugo pine can grow taller with age in the japanese garden it is very carefully clipped into a neat mounding form. This dense multi stemmed evergreen shrub holds its color through the winter and looks great year round. Pinus mugo slowmound dwarf mountain pine is a small conifer forming a dense spreading cushion shaped mound of finely textured rich dark green needles.
Pinus mugo ophir is a dwarf evergreen mountain pine of great beauty during all seasons. Mugo occurs in the mountains of central and eastern europe from 200 to 2700 m pinus mugo subsp. In late season shorter needles appear creating the effect of a crown at the tip of each branch.
Has become popular as an evergreen contrast in perennial borders but its best used amidst other dwarf shrubs needing texture. It forms a dense globose mound with a flattened top. Mugo pine growing in pots appreciate a moist but well drained soil.
Its needles are pale yellow green in spring and summer and warm up to rich golden in the winter. Per year 7 15 cm and a very appealing addition for small gardens rock gardens or. Regarded as one of the best of the winter gold pines pinus mugo carstens is a slow growing dwarf evergreen mountain pine of great beauty.
It forms a dense cushion shaped mound with short medium green needles in the spring and summer warming up to rich golden yellow in the winter. Of the small conifers this is the easiest to grow in gardens and is often used individually or in small clusters with boulders. Uncinata occurs in the pyrenees western alps and there are also scattered populations in the north east.
Brightening up the garden as the season darkens ophir is an extremely slow growing pine. Therefore i suggest a well drained container with a drainage holes and a quality potting soil or potting mix or a 5050 combination thereof for planting. Native to european mountain areas such as the alps carpathians and pyrenees mugo pine trees thrive in cool temperatures and high elevations.
This is an extremely slow growing pine which adds very few inches of new growth each year. Pinus mugo humpy is a dwarf evergreen mountain pine which forms a dense cushion shaped mound with very short stiff emerald green needles borne in pairs. This is an extremely slow growing pine 3 6 in.
A very appealing addition for small gardens. Pinus mugo is native to the pyrenees alps erzgebirge carpathians northern and central apennines and higher balkan peninsula mountains.