Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Flowering Plants
Origin
Western United States, Canada
Australia, South America
Types
Bolander's beach pine, Bolander pine, Shore pine
Hamelia patens
Number of Varieties
215
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40000
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Habitat
All sorts of environments
Temperate Regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99998-10
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
8-1
-
Sunset Zone
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
-
Habit
Pyramidal
Bushy, Evergreen
Plant Size
Minimum Height
610.00 cm400.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
460.00 cm250.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
-
Red, White
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Brown
Green, Yellow, Yellow green
Leaf Color in Spring
-
White, Yellow, Green, Gray Green
Leaf Color in Summer
-
White, Yellow, Green, Gray Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
White, Yellow, Green, Gray Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Needle like
broad, flat
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
Indeterminate
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires regular watering
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Alternate Days
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Prune for shortening long shoots
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
can go long without fertilizers
Pests and Diseases
Blight, Mealybugs, Rust, Sawfly Larvae, Scale
Red spider mite
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
-
Medium
Foliage Sheen
-
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Birds, Butterflies
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Beautification, Ornamental use
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Joint pain, Muscle Pain, Pain killer, Rheumatism, Sore throat
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Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Flowers
Other Uses
Used as Ornamental plant, Used for its medicinal properties, Used in construction
Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Feature Plant, Screening, Wind Break
Container, Showy Tree, Tropical
Botanical Name
PINUS contorta var latifolia
Embothrium coccineum
Common Name
Lodgepole Pine, shore pine, twisted pine, contorta pine
Chilean firetree
In Hindi
Lodgepole pine
चिली आग पेड़
In German
Drehkiefer
Chilenischer Feuerbaum
In French
Le pin tordu
arbre de feu du Chili
In Spanish
pino Lodgepole
árbol de fuego chilena
In Greek
lodgepole πεύκων
Χιλής δέντρο φωτιά
In Portuguese
Lodgepole pine
árvore de fogo chilena
In Polish
lodgepole sosna
Chilijska drzewo pożaru
In Latin
contorta pinus
Virgil arbor
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Pinophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Pinales
Proteales
Family
Pinaceae
Proteaceae
Genus
Pinus
Embothrium
Clade
-
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
520
1
27800
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