‘Vanderwolf’s Pyramid’ Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis ‘Vanderwolf’s Pyramid’
Other Names: Vanderwolf Pine
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-7b (8a?) Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Tree
Height at Maturity: 20-30′, can be kept shorter with annual pruning
Width at Maturity: 10-15′, can be kept smaller with pruning
Spacing: 8-10′ apart for privacy screens; 20’+ for space between trees
Growth Habit / Form: Upright Pyramid
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast; 12 to 18″ per year
Flower Color: Golden Butter Cream
Flower Size: 4-6″ candles
Flowering Period: Spring
Flower Type: Cylindrical pollen cone
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Silvery Blue-Green
Fragrant Foliage: Yes
Berries/Cones: Yes, 3″
Berry/Cone Color: Reddish Brown
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average to Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well-Drained
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.0 (Acid to Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Birds, Small Mammals, Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought (when established), Erosion
Description
A very beautiful, hardy and low-maintenance North American native coniferous evergreen tree, ‘Vanderfwolf’s Pyramid’ is a moderate to fast growing Limber Pine ideal for use as an attractive specimen, in privacy screen plantings, or to frame tall homes and other structures. It forms a stately upright pyramid to about 30 feet tall and 15 feet wide with closely-spaced, long and soft silvery blue-green needles on highly flexible branches, hence the name. This selection is easy-to-grow and highly resistant to disease and drought when established.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 20 to 30 feet tall (depending on location and pruning) and 10 to 15 feet wide, the Vanderwolf’s Pyramid Limber Pine is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or in privacy screen plantings in landscape borders and on slopes, embankments and hillsides for erosion control. With pruning you can control the size and create endless interesting topiary forms for use as eye-catching focal point specimens in the landscape. An excellent outdoor Christmas tree. A fine addition to Asian gardens, conifer gardens, butterfly gardens, native plant gardens and wildlife gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 8 to 10 feet apart for privacy screens; 20 or more feet apart for space between trees
Growing Preferences
The Vanderwolf’s Pyramid Pine is easy to grow in most any soil that is moist but well-drained. It has good drought tolerance when established. It prefers full sun but will tolerate some light afternoon shade. As with so many other ornamental trees, constantly soggy soil can cause problems with the roots. Does not require pruning however can be trimmed annually in late winter to maintain a smaller plant or for very interesting topiary forms.
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