1. BOTANICAL NAME
PINUS MUGO

2. PRONUNCIATION
PI - nus MU - go

3. COMMON NAME
Mugo Pine

5. FAMILY
PINACEAE

6. Life Cycle
Evergreen perennial

7. Growth Habit Shrub Height - varies to 10’ Width - varies to 15’
Upright/Spreading

8. ARRANGEMENT
Needles two in a fascicle

9. LEAF
Needle-like
1” to 3” long

11. MARGIN
Finely toothed

12. VEINS
Parallel

13. COMPOSITION
Needles

16. FLOWER
Insignificant

17. FRUIT
Fall
Cones

18. EXPOSURE
Sun
Part shade

19. GROWTH
Slow

20. USE
Foundation

21. DESCRIPTION Many cultivars
Dwarf cultivars are useful in landscape plantings

23. CULTURAL PRACTICES Move balled and burlapped or in containers
Can be pruned annually

24. PROBLEMS
Scale

25. ZONES
2 to 7

26. NATIVE OF:
Mountains of central and southern Europe