Arolla Pine

Elegant conifer for parks and gardens. Valuable timber. Bonsai.

Evergreen conifer with a dense narrow crown growing up to 25m. Green-bluish needle-like leaves and pine cones filled with edible pine nuts.

Prefers loamy soils from neutral to acid ones, being cool or humid.

Depending on the geographical areas and altitude sowing can take place from March to May. To obtain a more regular and faster germination stratify in hot for 60 days, and after stratify in cold for 90-120 daysbefore the sowing. It is possible to use a sowing substrate for potting or soil from the garden together with a sowing substrate if the sowing is made directly into the garden. The substrate must be wet but not soggy until the germination is completed.