Ponderosa Pine

Category: TC
Botanical name: Pinus ponderosa
Height: 80’
Width: 35'
Water requirements: low
Sunlight: full
Lowest hardiness zone for growth: 3
Shape: Pyramidal
Growth rate: Moderate to fast
Bloom time: mid-June
Level of maintenance: Low
Potential diseases: Will not tolerate wet feet; its most serious problem locally is overwatering. limb rust, western gall rust, Comandra blister rust; insects like western pine beetle, bark beetle, western pineshoot borer, weevils, pandora moth, pine butterfly cause damage