Magus - Mountain Pine (Product code: )

An evergreen dwarf shrub with a prostrate trunk and curved, creeping and slightly raised branches. A slow-growing plant.
Size:
2–3 m high and the same or more in width. Annual growth in height is 10 cm, in width 15 cm.
Habitat:
A characteristic plant of the Alps, where it neighbors rhododendrons above the forest line.
Form:
An evergreen dwarf shrub with a prostrate trunk and curved, creeping and slightly raised branches. A slow-growing plant.
Size:
2–3 m high and the same or more in width. Annual growth in height is 10 cm, in width 15 cm.
Needles:
Needles in bundles of two, 4 cm long, densely located, dark green.
Root system:
Superficial, solo-branched. Sensitive to soil compaction.
Light:
Mountain pine Mugus is a light-loving tree, tolerates slight shading, grows very poorly in the shade, can dry out.
Soil:
Very undemanding to soils. Grows on all moderately dry, dry or moist, even nutrient-poor soils, from acidic to alkaline.
Features:
Frost-resistant, a plant with a wide range of planting sites. Branches do not break under the snow. Widely branched root system holds bulk soil. Tolerates urban climate, industrial emissions. Tolerates pruning well, wind-resistant.