‘Formal Form’ Bristlecone Pine
Pinus aristata ‘Formal Form’
Zone 4
Height: 10' x Width: 6'
Full Sun
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Formal Form Bristlecone Pine has its roots hailing from the high elevations of the Great Basin in the western U.S. An exceedingly long lived tree (500+ years) that grows to form a narrow uniform shape. Even after years of growing, it will not need pruned. The unique shape of its needles gives the appearance of a bottle brush coming off of each limb of the tree.
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Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:
These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural annual precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought, but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these. These plants are adapted to intermittent deep
watering with soil drying to a depth of a few inches between waterings. Watering frequency may be every couple of weeks during the active growing season and maybe only one winter watering for optimal care. These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that
they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season, and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant
death. About sizes of our plants:
Sizes indicated with a # are roughly the equivalent in gallonage; so a #2 is about a 2 gallon pot size; b&b stands for balled and burlapped.