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Mexican yellow pine | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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Mexican yellow pine

Pinus patula

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Pinus
Family: Pinaceae
Common Names: Mexican weeping pine, Patula pine, spreading-leaved pine

About this plant

P. patula is an evergreen conifer making a medium-sized tree of elegant habit, with slender, drooping bright green needles to 30cm in length, and contrasting reddish bark. Cones curved, to 10cm in length, pale brown

Growing Information

Height

Higher Than 12 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

AcidAlkaline

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Neutral

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

West FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in any well-drained soil. Frost tender when young so provide some shelter from cold drying winds

Pruning

No pruning required

Propagation

Propagate by seed sown in containers in a cold frame in spring

Pests

May be attacked by adelgids, conifer aphid species, pine sawfly and pine shoot moth

Diseases

May be subject to various needle cast diseases

Garden Uses

Uses

City CourtyardGround CoverFlower Borders

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

Higher Than 12 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Fifty To Hundred Years