Pinus uncinata 'Zelenac' (Hooked Point Cones) Photo: F.D.Richards, SE Michigan, 3/2021 - Mountain Pine
Pinus uncinata 'Zelenac' (Hooked Point Cones) Photo: F.D.Richards, SE Michigan, 3/2021 - Mountain Pine, PI-nus un-sin -NA-tuh, Size at 10 years: 8x12”, green, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, In Garden Bed H1,3a for 31 MONTHS (Stanley). Planted in 2018.
American Conifer Society: Pinus uncinata, as described in 1805 by Louis-Florent-Marcel Raymond (1915–1972), ex Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle (1806 - 1893), in Flore Française. Troisième Édition, by Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de Lamarck, and Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle, is commonly known as Swiss mountain pine, or mountain pine; as well as pin à crochets in the French language; and pino negro in Spanish. The species name, uncinata ("hooked point") refers to the pronounced prickle present on the seed cones.
Many authors consider this pine to be a subspecies of Pinus mugo, i.e. P. mugo subsp. uncinata.
Closely related to Mugho Pines. Limited info. on Zelenac ~6.5in, Feb 2019.
Additional photos of this plant from 2018, 19, 20, 21:
Pinus uncinata 'Zelenac' (Hooked Point Cones) Photo: F.D.Richards, SE Michigan, 3/2021 - Mountain Pine
Pinus uncinata 'Zelenac' (Hooked Point Cones) Photo: F.D.Richards, SE Michigan, 3/2021 - Mountain Pine, PI-nus un-sin -NA-tuh, Size at 10 years: 8x12”, green, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, In Garden Bed H1,3a for 31 MONTHS (Stanley). Planted in 2018.
American Conifer Society: Pinus uncinata, as described in 1805 by Louis-Florent-Marcel Raymond (1915–1972), ex Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle (1806 - 1893), in Flore Française. Troisième Édition, by Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de Lamarck, and Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle, is commonly known as Swiss mountain pine, or mountain pine; as well as pin à crochets in the French language; and pino negro in Spanish. The species name, uncinata ("hooked point") refers to the pronounced prickle present on the seed cones.
Many authors consider this pine to be a subspecies of Pinus mugo, i.e. P. mugo subsp. uncinata.
Closely related to Mugho Pines. Limited info. on Zelenac ~6.5in, Feb 2019.
Additional photos of this plant from 2018, 19, 20, 21: