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Sciadopitys verticillata

Umbrella Pine

Pronunciation
Sci-a-DOP-a-tees vert-ti-sil-LAH-ta
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Family
Genus
Nativity

Japan

Growth Habit

Variable, from spire-like to broadly pyrmaidal tree in youth, with a straight stem and horizontal branches spreading in whorls, stiff and twiggy, the young branchlets with the leaves crowded at the ends; with age the branches become more pendulous and spreading and the whole habit loose.

Hardiness
4
Culture

Sandy, fertile, acidic soil. Semishade

Landscape Use

Interesting specimen tree.

Foliage

Green stiff needles radiate around stem.

Bark

Rich orangish to reddish brown and exfoliating in long shreds or strips.

Flower

Monoecious; female solitary, terminal and subtended by a small bract, male flowers in 1 inch long racemes.

Fruit

Cones oblong-ovate, upright, 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to 2 inches wide.

Propagation

Seed, cuttings. Warm stratification is required for 100 days in most sand at 63 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit or for 90 days in moist, acid peat at 32 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Pests
None serious.
Cultivars

'Ann Haddow' - yellow variegated.

'Aurea' - entire needle yellow.

'Green Star' - dwarf with wider, dark green needles.

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