Pinus peuce

Pinus peuce
Balkan pine, Macedonian pine

SIZE/TYPE	medium-sized tree
USUAL HEIGHT	6-10m
USUAL WIDTH	2-4m
LEAVES	evergreen conifer
COLOUR OF LEAVES	varigated:green and blue-green
FLOWERS	insignificant or non-blooming
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Conifers

Pine trees are superb trees which grow in a wide climate scale - from cold northern countries to hot coastal sites. They are probably most beautiful in their natural environment.

Macedonian pine is very attractive for its elegant shape and fluffy appearance. It comes from south of Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece and bears stiff, dark blue-green needles with silvery grey underneath which gives it an overall blue-green effect. It forms a pyramidal shape when young, narrowing with age. Plants take about 10 years to start growing fast. Then they can make 25-30 cm per year, finishing with some 10m in Central Europe. However, in its home environment it can reach almost twice as much in full maturity.

It is soil tolerant but will be poor in calcareous soil. It prefers evenly moist and slightly acidic locations. As all other pines Macedonian pine needs full sun, too. It withstands air pollution and is hardy to about -34°C.

Last update: 06-02-2012

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GLOSSARY

STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.