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Pinus mugo, known as dwarf mountain pine, [4] mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine, [5] bog pine, creeping pine, [6] or mugo pine, [7] is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and Southeast Europe.
The mungo pine is a needled evergreen in the pine family (Pinaceae) that is native to the mountains of Central Europe to Bulgaria. Genus name comes from the Latin name for pines. The epithet, mugo, is derived from Italian and means "small mountain pine." The Mugo pine can grow as a shorter dense multi-stem shrub or a tree up to 25 feet tall and ...
Dwarf Mugo pine refers to smaller, dwarf varieties of Mugo pine, also known as Swiss mountain pine, with dark green needles and dense branches. These shorter shrubs grow in colder and more mild areas, preferring full sun and moist, well-drained soils.
If your garden is lacking some texture and evergreen color, in a shape that ranges from low-growing and round to tall and pyramidal, I dare you to find something better than a mugo pine. Are you going to plant something big and bold?
Dwarf Mugo Pine, A popular dwarf conifer displaying dark green needles on dense branches. A very useful, slow growing evergreen for rock gardens, mass plantings.
Mugo pines (Pinus mugo) aren’t flashy, but these low-maintenance evergreens offer up reliable texture and color in the landscape with little help from the gardener. In fact, depending on where you live, you might not even need to worry about watering or fertilizing them at all.
Pinus mugo, commonly called mugo pine or Swiss mountain pine, is a variable species that is most often seen as a bushy, multi-stemmed shrub or broad-rounded small tree to 15-20’ tall. Mature plants typically exhibit a dense habit, usually growing wider than tall.
Pinus mugo, commonly known as mugo pine or Swiss mountain pine, is a broad-spreading pine which is native to the mountains of central and southern Europe. It will grow to 20’ tall, but is often seen much shorter in a shrubby form.
Mugo pine (Pinus mugo) is a carefree evergreen that can take the place of overused landscape ground cover plants such as junipers. Short, shrubby varieties are neat in appearance with branches that grow to within inches of the soil.
Mugo pine is a dense evergreen shrub to multi-trunked dwarf tree with a very slow growth rate. It can vary in size from 5 to 20 feet tall and wide. Native geographic location and habitat: It is native to mountainous areas in central and southern Europe. Bark color and texture: Mugo pine bark is gray brown and scaly but does not peel.