Hello, I am looking for pine trees for shade and that do not grow like sequoias :-) In fact, if they grow up to 5 to 10 meters, that would be fine, as long as they have a nice umbrella format for shading. I found some like Pinus sylvestris Saxatilis and Pinus densiflora umbraculifera. Please, not counting those two varieties are there more umbrella crown pine tree varieties you might know? Any advice is welcome!
Thank you Michael. I just checked Pinus Nelsonii, it seems very good. It grows up to 10m and moreover its seeds are edible, so it will help us at home. I cannot find about their growth rate, except about the Saxatilis, which seems like grows really slow. Perhaps do you know which one tends to grow faster in comparison to the others, even if limited by the cold climate here (average -5C in winter, down to -15C during one to three days only)?
Due to the climate limitations of the stone pine your best bet is the 'Umbraculifera'; however, you will be waiting many years for it to size up. And any pine used as an overhead element will cover the ground, anything else beneath with spent needles and cones, maybe resin also.
