Pine Trees are a broad genus from mostly the northern hemisphere. The Mediterranean pine trees are good container plants or bonsai plants for any well drained soil. Keep plants in full sun throughout the year. None are reliable winter hardy and thus they are best grown under frostfree conditions in full sun throughout the year at a minimum of some 5°C in winter. Sow seeds flat in any very well drained, rather inorganic soil (i.e. on a basis of lava or crushed sand). Keep pots at some 5°C to 10° at night and some 20°C to 35°C at day. These oscilliating temperatures will significantly enhance the germination process. Keep seedlings always in full sun and slightly drier in winter. All are USDA Climate Zone 9. 7 seeds per package. |
Pinus brutia (Calabrian Pine)12 (25)m, Calabrian Pine is native of rocky, sun-exposed sites at lower elevations in the eastern Mediterranean region. For any rich, very well drained soil in a sunny spot throughout the year. Not reliably winter hardy in Central Europe. In winter keep plants slightly drier at a minimum of some 5°C. |
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Pinus pinea (Mediterranean Stone Pine)10 (25)m, Mediterranean Stone Pine is native of rocky, sun-exposed sites at lower elevations in the nothern Mediterranean region. With age it makes a broad and quite flat umbrella. Adult specimens produce large cones which contain the edible and high-priced pine nuts. For any rich, very well drained soil in a protected and sunny spot throughout the year. In Central Europe it is only reliably winterhardy in the mildest regions (e.g. the Rhine-Valley and Atlantic coast). Alternatively grow in containers in any rich, well drained soil and keep plants slightly drier at a minimum of some 5°C in winter. |
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seed package9573 | € 2,99 |