I want to plant a Japanese Umbrella Pine, south facing aspect, close to a fence. How deep should it go, what typeof soil/drainage does it need?
Seen growing in a variety of situations. But not a small shrub, if you plant it near a fence it will end up on top of it.
Hey Ron, thanks for the advice...was told it was slow growing, so I won't worry about it! thanks again
I've had two different plantings here grow about 1' per year after establishment. For a tree, that is slow-growing.
Hi, my myabe more than 30 years old Pinus densiflora in absolutel normal garden soil ... http://wbgarden.com/nove/wbgarden%20-%20autumn%202009/album/slides/wbgarden%20autumn%2031.html
I have a Japanese Umbrella Pine or Sciadopitys verticillata growing in a mix of composted peat and pine bark chips. I also mix some haydite into my soils mix to improve drainage. I have a lot of clay in the native soil, so none of my landscape is planted deep. They tend to like good drainage. They are considered a fossil tree much like Ginkgo biloba, which I think is very cool. The foliage and growth habit is very interesting, which brings it a lot of attention by visitors to my garden. Mine is slow growing, only putting on about 4" of new growth a year. Mine is a little over 2' high and 1' wide, grown locally. But as Ron B warns, I have seen some older Japanese Umbrella Pines at local nurseries that were 7' tall growing as a very wide pyramid form. These come from Oregon, where 1' a year is common as Ron B mentions. I have seen locally grown Japanese Umbrella Pine just as big, it just takes much longer to get there (about 2 to 3x slower than the US PNW growth rate). Here is a link to youtube where the American Conifer Society discusses the Japanese Umbrella Pine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwoTPuidHio
