Description
Grow in fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates some light afternoon shade and some drought. Salt tolerant. (Courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder)
Pinus thunbergii ‘Kotobuki’
(Kotobuki Japanese Black Pine)
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Pinus thunbergii ‘Kotobuki’ is a narrow upright selection of Japanese Black pine with short irregular branching and shorter-than-typical, extremely prickly, dark, gray-green needles. After 10 years of growth, an unpruned mature specimen will measure 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide, an annual growth rate of 4 to 6 inches. As is true with all Japanese pines, ‘Kotobuki’ is easily maintained through employing candle pruning and aesthetic pruning techniques.
‘Kotobuki’ is a very old cultivar that originated in Japan most likely centuries ago. L. Wansdyke Nursery, Devizes, United Kingdom first imported it and incorporated this fine plant into the European nursery trade in 1976. “Kotobuki” loosely translates into “congratulations” or “long life” in the Japanese language. (Courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder)
