‘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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