Black Pine

Pinus nigra

Black Pine is a large evergreen conifer tree with a dense pyramidal habit when young that opens to a flat top or domed crown and plated dark brown bark. The stiff pointed dark green needles come in bundles of two.  Oval stalkless cones mature to brown. Grows best in full sun with and moist, well-drained soils.  Easy to transplant and is tolerant of clay, urban conditions, salt, and drought once established.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant.   Susceptible to Sphaeropsis tip blight and Dothistroma needle blight.

LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or mass plantings, Ponds and streams, and shade trees.

COMPANION PLANTS: Aster, Cypress, Bleeding Hearts

IMAGES:  June Dennie,  1120, Côte des Érables (1),  CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Photo (c)2007 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man),  Austrian Pine Pinus nigra Trunk 1700px,  CC BY-SA 2.5, (3) Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA,  2016.04.12 18.11.19 DSC03315 - Flickr - andrey zharkikh,  CC BY 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.