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Austrian Pine (European Black Pine)

Pinus nigra

Evergreen Shrub

Height

1 - 2 (feet)

Spread

2 - 6 (feet)

Distinctions

2 needles per bundle, 3"-6" long, straight or curved; cones 2"-3" long; tolerates a wide range of soils, including clay and an alkaline pH, prefers moisture but will tolerate some dryness; prefers sun.

Hardiness

SC, SE (Zone 3)

Origin

Europe from Austria to Greece and central Italy.

Cultivars

‘Hornibrookiana’ Low mounding shrub; white tipped buds in winter; grows slowiy, becoming 2' tall and 6' wide.; ‘Pygmaea’ Dwarf globose form growing only 4" per year. See entry under Evergreen Trees.
Austrian Pine (European Black Pine)