Table Mountain Pine Tree (Pinus Pungens) – 3 Gallon Pot

Other Names: Hickory Pine, Mountain Mine, Prickly Pine, Bur Pine

One of our favorites of all native pines with lots of character, no two Table Mountain Pines look alike. Exceptionally tough and long-lived, and flourishing in some of the toughest environments, it grows 20 to 40 feet tall on average. It can have a straight or crooked trunk with a broad, rounded crown of horizontal but irregular branches, lending to its unique character. Perhaps one of the most attractive characteristics are its cones. Unique, egg-shaped, copper-brown cones resembling a pineapple adorn the tree in clusters of three to four with each scale on the cone having a distinct, hooked prickle. The cones vary on when they open but can remain on the tree for two to three years after doing so. Deep green needles arranged in feathery tufts clothe the branches. The red-tinged dark to light brown scaly bark is attractive as well. In its native habitat, it thrives on exposed, rocky, acidic, dry, highly sloped sites with rocky to sandy poor soils and full to mostly sun, so is ideal for use in those difficult areas of the landscape where it is sure to be a visual presence.

Growing 20 to 40 feet tall and wide, and up to 60 feet or so in ideal conditions such as in its native habitat, the Table Mountain Pine is ideal for use as a specimen or in small groupings in those sunny and very well draining areas of the landscape, even on steep slopes, embankments and hillsides. A fine addition to native gardens, conifer gardens, Asian theme gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).

Suggested Spacing:  15 to feet apart for groupings; 40 or more feet apart for space between trees