Long Needle Pine Shrubs

Many selections reach no more than 8 feet tall and wide. Learn more in this article.

Eastern Redcedar Juniperus Virginiana

Long needle pine shrubs

Needles 13 to 18 inches long. Loved for its beautiful silvery blue color dwarf blue spruce is a good choice for small space landscapes. Photos of evergreen shrubs evergreen shrubs are used to provide the landscape with year round substance and color.

There are two types pollen cones and seed cones. Depending on the species these can be soft such those on fir or cypress trees or the needles on some pine trees and junipers can be sharp and spiky. Varieties can grow as tall as 10 feet.

You love the blue color and dwarf size. Unlike the majority of evergreen trees however these shrubs include many small to medium leaf varieties in addition to the needle leaf types. These are some of the longest needles on evergreen trees you can find.

Taller pine shrubs suitable for hedges screens or accents the oval shaped mugo pine cultivar big tuna pinus mugo big tuna has dense dark green needles and reaches 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide and grows in usda zones 2 through 7. However many species of pine trees and spruce trees have soft needle leaves. Adding evergreen shrubs to the landscape can provide year round interest.

Most types of evergreen trees produce cones. Shrubs with needles typically lose their needles gradually rather than all at once meaning they keep a garden green year round and provide year long habitat for local wildlife such as birds. Our photos include the most popular evergreens used in landscapes today such as arborvitae boxwoods hollies junipers firs pines and spruce.

Ramblings From Fink Family Farm The Mystery Pine