Scientific Name: Pinus wallichiana
Common Name: Himalayan pine, Butan pine, blue pine
Family Name: Pinaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Conifer
Mature Size: 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Pyramidal - widely
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Specimen plant, Winter interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Acidic, Well-drained
Leaves: Needle-like, Fascicles, Glabrous, Acicular, Serrulate
Flowers: n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, Apr-May
Fruit: Cone (winged seeds), Green, Brown, Bronze, Aug-Sep-Oct, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Needles 5 per fascicle, drooping, gray-green,13-19cm long, arching, bluish-green; seed cones narrow, very resinous, greenish, slowly turning brown before dropping, 20-30cm long. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_wallichiana.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a>