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Canary Island pine

Pinus canariensis Β· Pinaceae

Canary Island pine (Pinus canariensis)
Photo: (c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) Β· CC BY Β· via iNaturalist

Canary Island pine (Pinus canariensis) is catalogued by the USDA PLANTS database. USDA records it as hardy in zone 10 and warmer, down to about 32Β°F.

At a glance

Mature height98 ft USDA
Lightfull-sun USDA
Water needmedium USDA
Growth rateslow USDA
Soil pH7–8 USDA
BloomMay–June USDA
Flower colorGreen USDA
Hardiness zones10 and warmer USDA
Nursery availabilityRoutinely Available USDA

USDA quoted from the USDA PLANTS database Β· Derived computed by a fixed rule from those columns. No value on this page is estimated.

Growing conditions

It needs full sun. USDA rates it as having moderate water needs. It is recorded on soils from pH 7 to 8 β€” a broad range that spans acidic through mildly alkaline ground. Its cold limit is zone 10; USDA publishes no warm-end limit, so gardeners in warmer zones should check local heat tolerance separately.

Size and growth

At maturity it reaches about 98 ft, making it a large tree that will dominate its site. It grows slowly, which matters when you are timing a planting around the layers above it.

Bloom period

USDA records a bloom period of May through June. The flower color USDA records is green. Bloom timing is how the Guild Builder overlaps flowering across a planting so something is in flower for as much of the season as possible.

Bloom period is a claim about when this plant flowers. It is deliberately not a pollinator rating β€” no dataset we trust publishes one, so we do not make that claim. See Data & sources.

Tags

evergreensandy-soildeer-resistantfull-sunslow-growing

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Where this data comes from

Every value on this page comes from the USDA PLANTS database record for symbol PICA15, or is computed from those values by a fixed rule. Nothing here is estimated or model-generated. Where USDA publishes no value, this page omits the claim rather than filling the gap.

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