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Pine in landscape design: mountain mugus
The mountain pine is diminutive. It looks like a voluminous fluffy shrub. Its needles resemble openwork.
Mountain pine in landscape design
The mountain variety of pine is distinguished by dense and dense needles. Forest trees grow up to 50 m in length. The shape of the crown is always varied. When grown in a garden, you can make the tree compact and give it the look you want. It lends itself easily to formative pruning.
Pine in landscape design can be part of the composition
The trunk of the tree is straight with ramifications. In young specimens, it is more delicate and tinged with a gray-brown color. As it grows, the crust becomes more rigid and coarse. Cracks and a brown tint appear on it. The needles have a deep emerald color. The needles can be given various shapes:
- Event;
- Umbrella;
- Eggs;
- The pyramids.
Pine branches have a whorled arrangement. The root system is strong and well developed. In adult specimens, the root goes deep into the soil. Bunches of needles are grouped on the shoots. Each of them includes up to 5 needles. The buds are about 5 cm in size. They have the shape of an elongated ball and are colored soft brown. The plant begins to bloom when it reaches 6 years of age. It can reproduce up to 10 years. The tree can be propagated by seeds and seedlings.
Mugus pine in landscape design
Mugus pine is characterized by slow growth. It does not exceed 2 m in length. The needles are about 4 m in diameter. The tree is easy to model and is used in many compositions. Pine in landscape design is used as:
- Alpine slide – the plant is best suited for landscaping a rocky slope. Its needles actively grow in width and cover the stone surface.
- Rockaria – Used to frame flowering plants. The needles bring an element of untouched nature to the garden.
- Mixborder – more often miniature pine is used to decorate the upper layers of the composition. It goes well with deciduous and flowering plants, as well as grass.
- Framing garden paths – the fluffy crown of the plant creates a natural green border.
- Bonsai – flexible stem can take any bends. To do this, it is enough to install a wire frame on a young plant until the trunk takes the necessary direction. With the help of pinching, it is possible to give any shape to the crown.
Mugus can be planted near water bodies or in resting places to create shady areas. This variety develops on stony, marshy and sandy soils.
The advantage of the plant is its slower growth rate. This allows you to keep garden compositions in their original form for a long time without additional maintenance.