A pine grown for it's colorful exfoliating, patch work bark.
Pronunciation
(PI-nus)(bun-jee-AH-na)
Plant Type
All Plants, Trees Coniferous
Hardiness Zone
4(5)-7
Sunlight
full
Moisture
average
Soil & Site
prefers well drained, average
Flowers
cones are 2-3 inches long.
Leaves
needles, green, groups of three (five), stiff, sharp.
Stems
Bark on young stems greenish, older exfoliates to patches of green and gray.
Dimensions
30-50 feet tall, 20-35 spread, slow growing
Propagation
seeds
Native Site
Native to China.
Cultivar Origin
First Collected by Dr. Aleksandra Andreevich von Bunge (1803-1890) a Russian botanist who collected seeds near Peking China in 1831. Introduced in 1846 to America.
Notes & Reference
#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr)
, #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson)