Vanderwolf Pine is a slow-growing conifer shrub with a dense upright pyramidal habit that opens as it matures. The thick tufts of long, soft, twisted blue-green needles turn yellow in winter. Grows best in full sun with and moist, well-drained soils. Vanderwolf has excellent pest and disease resistance.
Type: |
Shrub, Conifer |
Origins: |
SW Canada and Western USA |
Height: |
20' - 25' |
Spread: |
10' - 15' |
Spacing: |
12’ |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
4 - 7 |
Culture: |
Full Sun |
Bloom Color: |
N/A |
Season of Interest: |
Year-Round |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant. No serious pests or diseases. Watch for blights, rots, canker, and rusts. Potential pests include caterpillars, borers, bark beetles, miners, scale, mealybugs, and sawfly.
LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or mass plantings, Ponds and streams, and shade trees.
COMPANION PLANTS: Rhododendron, Pieris, Winter Daphne
IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Pinus flexilis Vanderwolf 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Pinus flexilis Vanderwolf 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

