| Description | Spreading Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris repens) is a slow-growing, low-spreading evergreen groundcover conifer shrub. |
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| Pronunciation | (PIE-nus)(sil-VES-tris) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Coniferous, Dwarf Conifers |
| Hardiness Zone | (2)3-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | non-flowering |
| Fruit | flaking, brown, grey, orange bark |
| Leaves | Twisted, blue-green needles (to 3” long) in bundles of two. |
| Stems | The bark is scaly, orange/red in the upper part, but darker red-brown near the base. Prominent resinous winter buds. |
| Dimensions | It can reach 1-3 feet tall by 8-10 feet with age. Size is hard to nail down. I have seen ones that are ground covers, around a foot tall, and others forming short, mounded plants. |
| Maintenance | It can be kept as an evergreen ground cover by simply trimming out any upright branches that may develop. |
| Cultivar Origin | This cultivar was found in the late 1970s growing in nature at Skylands Farm (now Ringwood State Park), New Jersey, by Joel Spingarn, Baldwin, Long Island, New York. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), Allens Centennial Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin USA |
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