Scots Pine Sapling Trees

Pinus sylvestris: Bareroot Sapling Scots Pine Trees

Scots Pine is the only true native pine. An enormously tough large tree, conical when young before the top flattens out as it grows.

The bark of is often a warm orange/red when young, and something of this tone remains on branches up in the crown of mature trees. They produce numerous cones, which are shed in the summer. To 30m.

Is Scots Pine good for hedging? In our opinion, it's better to let it grow as screening trees. When it's still young it will make a semi-hedge down to the ground, but it's a challenge to clip it without leaving bald patches - use Norway Spruce for hedging instead.

See our other evergreens, or our full range of sapling trees and hedging.

Delivery season: Scots Pine are delivered bareroot during late autumn and winter, approximately November-March inclusive.

Features:

• Extremely hardy
• Evergreen
• Cone bearing
• Red/orange bark
• Tall screening, only recommended as a hedge while young.
• Grows anywhere with sun & decent drainage
• The Original British Christmas Tree
• Native
• To 30m
• Bareroot delivery only: November-March

Growing Scots Pine

Grows almost anywhere, preferring well-drained soil.

What Tree is a Christmas Tree?

• The most traditional Christmas Tree in the UK is the Scot's Pine, Pinus sylvestris, which holds its needles pretty well, but is no longer in demand compared to the two species below.
• The Nordman Fir, Abies nordmanniana, known as the Non-Drop Christmas tree, has become the most popular for indoor use, especially for people buying their tree early.
• The cheaper Norway Spruce, Abies picea, smells great but drops its needles quite quickly indoors, so it's better for outdoor use or when buying an indoor tree last minute.

Did You Know?

Along with yew, and a very few, arguably no other trees, it survived the last Ice Age in the British Isles, which is the standard for really native trees.