{"id":325,"date":"2015-12-13T14:15:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T21:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/?p=325"},"modified":"2015-12-13T14:15:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T21:15:59","slug":"325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/2015\/12\/13\/325\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pinus sylvestris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"16\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-1024x890.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-624x543.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Common name:<\/strong> Scotch pine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family name:<\/strong> Pinaceae<\/p>\n<p><strong>Useful cultivars and selections: <\/strong>\u00a0\u2018Hillside Creeper\u2019 \u2018Glauca Nana\u2019 \u2018Aurea\u2019 \u2018Fastigiata\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>USDA Hardiness Zone: <\/strong>\u00a02-7<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mature height and spread: <\/strong>\u00a010-20m; 10-13m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Form:<\/strong> evergreen conifer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water use:<\/strong> medium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soil requirements:<\/strong> moist, acidic, well-drained soils; full sun<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaf arrangement: <\/strong>\u00a0blue-green, 2 needles a group, 2.5-8cm, stiff, twisted, stomatal band<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flower\/cone\/fruit description(s):<\/strong> \u00a02.5-7cm, has a short stalk<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limitations:<\/strong> tolerant urban conditions, tolerant a variety of soil types<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suitable uses: <\/strong>\u00a0rock gardens, foundations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick ID description: <\/strong>\u00a0blue-green, 2 needles, twisted, stomatal band; stalk<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photographs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-3-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"16-3\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-3-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-3-768x1036.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-3-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-3-624x842.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-2-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"16-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-2-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-2.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-1-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"16-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-1-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/files\/2015\/12\/16-1.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/dept\/ldplants\/pisy.htm\"><strong>http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/dept\/ldplants\/pisy.htm<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pinus sylvestris Common name: Scotch pine Family name: Pinaceae Useful cultivars and selections: \u00a0\u2018Hillside Creeper\u2019 \u2018Glauca Nana\u2019 \u2018Aurea\u2019 \u2018Fastigiata\u2019 USDA Hardiness Zone: \u00a02-7 Mature height and spread: \u00a010-20m; 10-13m Form: evergreen conifer Water use: medium Soil requirements: moist, acidic, well-drained soils; full sun Leaf arrangement: \u00a0blue-green, 2 needles a group, 2.5-8cm, stiff, twisted, stomatal band [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36753,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapeplants3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}