Umbrella Pine is a slow-growing evergreen conifer tree with a dense conical form when young that becomes broadly pyramidal as the branches open to become horizontal. The umbrella like whorls of soft dark green needles can have as many as 20-30 needles per whorl. It prefers full sun and rich, well-draining, lightly acidic soil. Does not tolerate drought or urban pollution.
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. No serious pests or diseases.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Wildlife Gardens, and Woodland Garden, Hedges.
COMPANION PLANTS: Golden Rain Tree, Japanese Holly, Feather Reed Grass
IMAGES: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, Sciadopitys verticillata in the Morris Arboretum, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) KENPEI, Sciadopitys verticillata2, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) scott.zona on Flickr, Sciadopitys verticillata cones, CC BY 2.0, (4) scott.zona on Flickr, Sciadopitys verticillata scottzona, CC BY 2.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
