| Description | A pine grown for it's colorful exfoliating, patch work bark. |
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| Pronunciation | (PI-nus)(bun-jee-AH-na) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4(5)-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | prefers well drained, average |
| Flowers | cones are 2-3 inches long. |
| Leaves | needles, green, groups of three (five), stiff, sharp. |
| Stems | Bark on young stems greenish, older exfoliates to patches of green and gray. |
| Dimensions | 30-50 feet tall, 20-35 spread, slow growing |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native to China. |
| Cultivar Origin | First Collected by Dr. Aleksandra Andreevich von Bunge (1803-1890) a Russian botanist who collected seeds near Peking China in 1831. Introduced in 1846 to America. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) , #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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