Pinus thunbergii
Japanese Black Pine
Pronunciation
PIN-us thun-ber-gee-A-na
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Family
Genus
Nativity
Japan
Growth Habit
Pyramidal in youth, weeping branches common at maturity.
Hardiness
5
Culture
Full sun, heat, drought, and salt tolerant, moist, well-drained, fertile soils, tolerates sand.
Facultative Status
Moist, fertile, well drained soil
Landscape Use
Japanese Black Pine is very salt tolerant and thus is useful for planting along coastlines and for stabilizing sand dunes. It also makes a good accent plant or bonsai plant.
Foliage
Dark green
Buds
Buds are grayish-white, .5 to .75 inches long, fringed with appressed scales.
Bark
Black-grey, blocky.
Flower
Monoecious.
Fruit
Light brown, shiny, 1.5-3 inches long and 1.25-1.75 inches wide.
Propagation
Seed.
Pests
Diplodia tip blight
Cultivars
'Compacta' -Dense shrub.
'Iseli' - Gold variegation, dwarf.
'Mini Mounds' - Compact little shrub,
'Oculus Draconis' - Yellow variegation.
'Pygmaea' - Compact.
