Pinus flexilis 'Cesarini Blue' 22W51 Limber Pine R3-
Pinus flexilis 'Cesarini Blue' 22W51 Limber Pine R3- (Joe Cesarini, MD) Blue Limber Pine, Size at 10 years: 8x3ft., powdery blue, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed R3 for 13.3 YEARS (TC). Planted in 2009.
Missouri Botanical Garden: 'Cesarini Blue' is an upright, compact cultivar that features the bluest needles found on any of the P. flexilis selections. Needles are commonly described as being powdery blue. This is a narrow pyramidal tree that typically grows very slowly to only 6-7' tall and to 3' wide over the first 10 years, eventually rising over time to as much as 20-25' tall.
Blue Limber Pine AKA Rocky Mountain White Pine. A narrow blue form of Limber pine. Very long powder blue needles on a very narrow plant. Plant named after Joe Cesarini of Maryland. Common name of limber pine is in reference to the flexible branchlets. Planted 2009, not doing well. But, it is still alive.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2015, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22:
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Pinus flexilis 'Cesarini Blue' 22W51 Limber Pine R3-
Pinus flexilis 'Cesarini Blue' 22W51 Limber Pine R3- (Joe Cesarini, MD) Blue Limber Pine, Size at 10 years: 8x3ft., powdery blue, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed R3 for 13.3 YEARS (TC). Planted in 2009.
Missouri Botanical Garden: 'Cesarini Blue' is an upright, compact cultivar that features the bluest needles found on any of the P. flexilis selections. Needles are commonly described as being powdery blue. This is a narrow pyramidal tree that typically grows very slowly to only 6-7' tall and to 3' wide over the first 10 years, eventually rising over time to as much as 20-25' tall.
Blue Limber Pine AKA Rocky Mountain White Pine. A narrow blue form of Limber pine. Very long powder blue needles on a very narrow plant. Plant named after Joe Cesarini of Maryland. Common name of limber pine is in reference to the flexible branchlets. Planted 2009, not doing well. But, it is still alive.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2015, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22:
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#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Dwarf, #Conifer, #Pinus, #PinusFlexilis, #BlueLimberPine, #CesariniBlue, #22W51