Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Pyramidal.
Pinus nigra is an evergreen Tree growing to 30 m by 8 m at a fast rate.
It is hardy to zone 6. It is in leaf all year, in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in October. The species is monoecious and is pollinated by Wind. The plant is not self-fertile.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils and can grow in very alkaline soils.
It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.
Landscape Uses:Firewood, Specimen. Succeeds on all soil types, including chalk. Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam. Dislikes poorly drained moorland soils. Established plants tolerate drought. Requires a sunny position. A very hardy tree, it is extensively planted for timber and shelter, tolerating maritime exposure. Fast growing when young, it outgrows the Corsican pine for the first 5 or 6 years but is then rapidly overtaken by that species. Plants are strongly outbreeding, self-fertilized seed usually grows poorly. They hybridize freely with other members of this genus. Leaf secretions inhibit the germination of seeds, thereby reducing the amount of plants that can grow beneath the tree. Trees tend to be short-lived in cultivation. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus. Special Features:
Not North American native, Inconspicuous flowers or blooms.
Habitatsoften on calcareous soils.
HabitatsWoodland Garden Canopy
HabitatsWoodland Garden Canopy
Major pests
- Armillaria ostoyae
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Cronartium comandrae
Cronartium flaccidum
Diprion similis
Eulachnus rileyi
Hylastes ater
Hylotrupes bajulus
Hylurgus micklitzi
Ips hauseri
Melampsora populnea
Monochamus galloprovincialis
Mycosphaerella dearnessii
Mycosphaerella gibsonii
Mycosphaerella pini
Neodiprion sertifer
Ophiostoma piceae
Orthotomicus erosus
Phytophthora cryptogea
Pissodes castaneus
Senecio vulgaris
Sirex juvencus
Sirex noctilio
Sphaeropsis sapinea
Thaumetopoea pityocampa
Thecodiplosis brachyntera
Tomicus minor
Tomicus piniperda
Minor pests
- Armillaria mellea
Atropellis pinicola
Candidatus Phytoplasma pini
Coleosporium asterum
Cronartium comptoniae
Cronartium quercuum
Cyclaneusma minus
Dendroctonus micans
Diprion pini
Gibberella avenacea
Gremmeniella abietina
Heterobasidion abietinum
Heterobasidion annosum
Hylurgops palliatus
Hylurgus ligniperda
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Leptographium procerum
Leucaspis pini
Lymantria monacha
Monochamus alternatus
Pissodes strobi
Rhyacionia buoliana
Sphinx pinastri
Thecodiplosis japonensis