12-7-10: Pinus mugo 'Pumilllo'

I like to think of gardens I know where mugo pines successfully grow as I write about them.

The first garden is my own, where I transplanted a homeless (would this be a ‘rescue’ plant?) mugo pine about 15 years ago. I planted it on a dry hill with hundreds of lavender plants. It received a bit of water the first year and nothing but rain since then. It is now about four feet by four feet, full of cones and not a drop of effort has been put into it. It likes where it is and I like it.

Another site where I notice a beautiful mugo pine is in the parking strip of the yarn store. It is a very effective hedge, not too tall and a bit airy with space around it for the colorful perennials that surround it. I have planted mugos around the nursery and all are doing well, they grow slowly to five feet tall and up to ten feet wide, well behaved plants doing their best to fit in without being overwhelming. This pine has dark green needles and a shrubby habit with spreading branches, often found in Asian gardens but as at home in Mediterranean gardens or in a container. This is definitely an easy plant to grow if you provide full sun and good drainage. It is drought tolerant and deer proof, use in a mass planting, as a hedge, or in a mixed bed blended with euphorbia, blue star juniper, golden sage and upright yews.

Mugo pines are often pruned as topiaries; see the movie ‘A man named Pearl’ for a very inspirational story on the relationship of a man and his plants.

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