Botanical Name: Pinus sabiniana
Common Name: Digger pine
Type of Plant: conifer: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an upright yet variable pine in growth - may be single or multi-trunked, with a very loose, open-branched oval to rounded canopy; often is wispy in appearance
Height 30'-40' (50')
Spread 1/2 - 3/4
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoorsprefers full sun and fairly dry sites; tolerates some shade
Soil thrives in dry or fast-draining locales; avoid wet clay
Hardiness hardy (zones 7-9, 14-24): best at warm inland areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves needles: 3 per fascicle, 8"-12" long, gray-green, rather sparsely arranged along smaller branches
Flowers none; female cones 6"-10" long, broadly oval-oblong, grayish-brown when mature
Fruit (see above)
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
best-suited for large landscapes; use as distinctive background silhouette tree for its unusual open structure; for Mediterranean or temperate-climate themes; excellent on slopes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering very drought-tolerant after established; prefers an occasional deep-soak irrigation
Fertilizing little required after established
Pruning little needed; selectively thin out or head high for a more refined shape; avoid strongly heading back
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other dry foothill regions surrounding
 
Origin: Central Valley of California
Family: Pinaceae

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