Pinus 'BREPO'®, 'PIERRICK BREGEON' dwarf hybrid pine
Pinus
BREPO® is a beautiful dwarf hybrid pine from Switzerland, bred by Henri Bregeon in 1989. Initially it was called Pierrick Bregeon, and due to a well-deserved attention abroad, especially in America it was renamed to BREPO® by Jeddeloh Farms from Oregon, USA, in 2003. This name is much easier for non-French speaking gardeners, and brought the tree a huge commercial success. There's just one thing that still makes no sense: Why do they insist on calling it p. nigra knowing that is a cross between p.nigra (male parent) and p.densiflora (female parent)?
BREPO® is a very decorative dwarf pine variety. It has bright green, long needles that are thinner than p.nigra but are similarly stiff. It naturally forms symmetrical, mounding shrubs which need no trimming whatsoever. It grows very slowly - only about 5 cm per year. It will look great as a small lawn specimen, or a perfect piece in a Japanese garden or a large rockery surrounded by stones, white sand or pebbles. It can also be grown in a large outdoor container.
Pine trees need full sun and well-drained soil that will not be too alkaline. No fertilizing required. Pruning is possible in late winter or late summer, never cut into branches which lack needles. You can shape the tree by removing or trimming "candles" - young new shoots before they develop proper-size needles. It is hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5).
Last update 12-11-2018
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- 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.
