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Description:

An interesting evergreen garden shrub with a wide, mounded habit of growth and vibrant green foliage, compact and slow growing; excellent for form, texture and color detail in home landscape gardens

Ornamental Features

Vibrant Japanese Red Pine is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the garden for its interestingly mounded form. It has light green evergreen foliage. The needles remain light green throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Vibrant Japanese Red Pine is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a mounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub. When pruning is necessary, it is recommended to only trim back the new growth of the current season, other than to remove any dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Vibrant Japanese Red Pine is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Vibrant Japanese Red Pine will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 70 years or more.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for acidic soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

This plant is not reliably hardy in our region, and certain restrictions may apply; contact the store for more information.