This handsome but under-utilized pine from eastern Asia slowly forms a dense, somewhat conical, medium-sized tree.
The long, rather stout, dark-green to blue-green needles of this hardy evergreen conifer occur in bundles of five on fuzzy reddish-brown branchlets. In spring, trees produce tiny male and larger female cones near the branch tips. The erect, conical to ovoid female cones are green maturing to brown. They ripen their second year, falling from the tree without releasing their large edible seeds. This tree usually has a single trunk with scaly gray-brown bark.
This tough, adaptable, and beautiful tree favors full sun and well-drained, humus-rich soil. It does poorly in hot arid climates. With its attractive foliage and dense informal habit, this conifer is perfect as a specimen or for grouping in residential and public landscapes
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