Wiggles Eastern White Pine – Single Trunk Topiary Tree
Pinus strobus ‘Wiggles’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-8b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Tree
Height at Maturity: 4-5′
Width at Maturity: 3-4′
Spacing: Best as a specimen
Growth Habit / Form: Globe
Growth Rate: Slow, 2-3″ per year
Flower Color: NA
Flower Size: NA
Flowering Period: NA
Flower Type: NA
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Blue Green
Fragrant Foliage: Yes
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well-Drained to Dry when established
Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 (Acid to Neutral)
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil (when established), Insect
Description
This is the single-trunk topiary version of the ‘Wiggles’ Eastern White Pine, a rare and extraordinary cultivar with contorted branches clothed in fine, soft-textured, twisted blue-green needles that makes it one of the most distinctive of the Pinus strobus species. A slow grower adding around 3 inches per year in size, you might expect 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide in 10 years. Take time to pick a good, accessible and visible spot in the garden for this unusual and attractive conifer to show off. A plant that will capture the attention and the touch every visitor to your garden!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 4 to 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide or so, the Wiggles Eastern White Pine Topiary Tree is ideal for use as a specimen in the sunny garden as well as in containers. A fine addition to conifer gardens, topiary gardens, Asian theme gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Suggested Spacing: Best as a specimen
Growing Preferences
Though drought tolerant when established, the Wiggles Eastern White Pine grows best in a moist but well-drained soil of average to low fertility and full sun, but will tolerate some light afternoon shade. As with so many other coniferous evergreens, a 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 or bonsai.
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