Pinus Sylvestris Aurea
Golden Scotch Pine
Golden Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris ‘Aurea’) changes from light green summer foliage to vivid gold in winter. The seasonal shift gives this upright evergreen a particularly strong role when deciduous plants have lost their leaves.
A broad canopy develops above the trunk as the tree grows. Place it where winter sun and a darker background allow the golden needles to stand out, while leaving space for its branching framework.
Choose a sunny position with soil that drains freely. Water during establishment and leave enough room for the branches to develop without crowding.
Size (about 10 years)
• Height: 6 ft
• Width: 3 ft
Measurements are the grower’s approximate ten-year guide; plants can continue growing beyond this size.
Hardiness
• Hardy to USDA Zone 2
Best Uses
• Specimen
• Accent Plant
- Plant type
- Conifer, Evergreen Tree
- Height
- 10-12'
- Width
- 3.5.-8'
- Hardiness zones
- 2–8
- Sunlight
- Full Sun
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Bloom time
- Does not flower
- Flower color
- None
- Leaf color
- Gold, Green
- Fall color
- Blue Green
- Soil
- Well Drained
- Landscape use
- Accent Plant, Specimen
- Shape
- Upright
- Bark
- Exfoliating
- Fruit
- No
- Fragrant
- No
- Deer resistant
- No
- Salt tolerant
- No
- Drought tolerant
- No
- 10-year height
- 6 ft
- 10-year width
- 3 ft