Crown shape: Young plants are conical, soon become asymmetrically cylindrical
Needle color: Blue-green needles, thin, soft, collected in 5 needles, up to 12 cm long.
Max. height, h: 20-30 m
Max. diameter, d: 6-10 m
If you and your neighbors grow currants or gooseberries, and you really want a beautiful pine with very long needles, then feel free to plant Rumelian.
Crown diameter of an adult plant: 5 m
Height of an adult plant: 25 m
Shape: Narrow pyramidal, with a very dense crown.
Needles/Foliage: Long (6-11 cm), gray-green, in bunches of 5.
Fruits: Light brown cones (8-16 cm), set from 10 years.
Requirements: Prefers sunny places. Not demanding to the soil, grows on any soil, from acidic to alkaline. Moisture-loving, but drought-resistant. Frost-resistant.
Description
Pinus peuce (Rumeli or, as it is called in Europe, Macedonian or Balkan pine) is a very beautiful tree, undeservedly ignored by our landscapers. In terms of the totality of its positive characteristics, it surpasses the widely used Weymouth pines and cedar pines. Rumelian pine practically does not lose its lower branches. It is as winter-hardy as Siberian pine (up to -45?), but is not as capricious in culture, and grows much better on our damp clays. It is as graceful as Weymouth, but is much more resistant to fungal diseases (especially to blister rust, which is the main problem of all 5-needle introduced species). Unfortunately, the intermediate hosts of this misfortune are currants and gooseberries, from which it is almost impossible to isolate yourself. Pinus peuce is widely used in landscaping in Scandinavian countries (the Scandinavians lovingly call it silk pine). In Canada, at a conference on conifers in 1972, it was recommended as the best 5-needle pine for landscaping. In St. Petersburg, Rumelian pines have been growing since the end of the century before last in the Arboretum of the Forestry Academy and in the Botanical Garden of the BIN. Planting Guide
Planting in sunny places with fresh, fertile, moist soils.
Care Guide
High winter hardiness. Light-loving, tolerates light partial shade. Demanding of soil moisture, grows much slower on dry soils. Not demanding of soil, prefers fresh, moderately fertile soils. Resistant to fungal diseases. Can tolerate short-term drought.
