Botanical Name: Pinus ponderosa
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Common Name: Ponderosa Pine  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree, Conifer

 

Height Range

40-60', 60-100'

 

Flower Color

n/a

 

Flower Season

n/a

 

Leaf Color

Green, Yellow Green

 

Bark Color

Brown

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Fall

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low

 

Growth Rate

Moderate, Slow

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

 

Soil Condition

Average, Poor, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

Japanese, Meadow, Ranch, Woodland

 

Accenting Features

Fragrance, Specimen

 

Seasonal Interest

Winter

 

Location Uses

Background, Shrub Border, Park, Walls / Fences

 

Special Uses

Screen, Mass Planting, Wind Break, Shade Tree

 

Attracts Wildlife

Birds

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Betsy Thompson

  • Description

  • Notes

Ponderosa pine is a stately pine, growing slowly to 60 to 80 feet tall and 30 to 40 feet wide. It has long, graceful green to yellow green needles and long green cones that ripen to brown and have distinctive prickles. Its bark is thick, deeply furrowed, and yellowish-brown. A Utah native. There are ponderosa pines planted at the Greater Avenues Water Conservaton Demonstration Garden.
Grow in full sun and well drained soil; is found in gravelly-loamy soils. It develops a deep tap root that makes it very drought tolerant.