Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Origin
Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Mediterranean, Turkey, Western Asia
Western United States, Canada
Types
Mountain silverbell , Rosea
Bolander's beach pine, Bolander pine, Shore pine
Number of Varieties
32
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40000
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Habitat
Floodplains, low mountains, Lower slopes, secondary forest
All sorts of environments
USDA Hardiness Zone
5-9-9999
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
9-5
8-1
Sunset Zone
21,22
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Habit
Clump-Forming
Pyramidal
Plant Size
Minimum Height
25.40 cm610.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
30.50 cm460.00 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Acuminate
Needle like
Thorns
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✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
-
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Spring, Late Spring
-
Repeat Bloomer
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✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Layering, Seedlings, Stem Cutting
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
occasional watering once established
Requires regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Alternate Days
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
-
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Pruning
Prune grass to maintain level, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune for shortening long shoots
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Pests and diseases free
Blight, Mealybugs, Rust, Sawfly Larvae, Scale
Plant Tolerance
Drought and Salt
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
Sometimes
Sometimes
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees, Flying insects
-
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
along a porch, deck or patio, Beautification, Cottage Garden, Showy Purposes, Wild gardens
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
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✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Joint pain, Muscle Pain, Pain killer, Rheumatism, Sore throat
Part of Plant Used
-
Whole plant
Other Uses
Decoration Purposes
Used as Ornamental plant, Used for its medicinal properties, Used in construction
Used As Indoor Plant
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✔
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Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Feature Plant, Screening, Wind Break
Botanical Name
ORNITHOGALUM nutans
PINUS contorta var latifolia
Common Name
Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem, Nodding Star-of-Bethlehem, Silver Bells
Lodgepole Pine, shore pine, twisted pine, contorta pine
In Hindi
Silver bells
Lodgepole pine
In German
Silver bells
Drehkiefer
In French
Silver bells
Le pin tordu
In Spanish
Silver bells
pino Lodgepole
In Greek
Silver bells
lodgepole πεύκων
In Portuguese
Silver bells
Lodgepole pine
In Polish
Silver bells
lodgepole sosna
In Latin
Silver bells
contorta pinus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Angiosperms
Pinophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Pinopsida
Order
Ebenales
Pinales
Family
Asparagaceae
Pinaceae
Genus
Halesia
Pinus
Clade
Eudicots
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Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
45
1
27800
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