Description

An interesting evergreen garden shrub with a dense, mounded habit of growth, compact and slow growing, eventually becoming a large ball; excellent for form, texture and color detail in home landscape gardens

Landscape Attributes

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

Little Christopher Japanese Red Pine is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Little Christopher Japanese Red Pine will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. 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.