{"id":6675,"date":"2014-12-01T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2014-09-24T20:27:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T00:27:47","slug":"lacebark-pine-is-an-arboreal-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2014\/12\/01\/lacebark-pine-is-an-arboreal-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacebark Pine Is An Arboreal Gem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6676\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pinus-bungeana-3.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6676\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6676\" alt=\"Lacebark Pine Blooming in mid-May\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pinus-bungeana-3-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pinus-bungeana-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pinus-bungeana-3-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lacebark Pine Blooming in mid-May<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lacebark pine (<em>Pinus bungeana<\/em>) is an arboreal gem which few gardeners are privileged to own (USDA hardiness zones 4-8). Hopefully, this will change. Lacebark is a lovely 3-needle pine with exquisite exfoliating bark which becomes more attractive as it ages. Bark mottling begins after 8-10 years, that&#8217;s worth the wait if you&#8217;re a young patient gardener.<\/p>\n<p>Lacebark is a 30 to 50\u00a0foot tall\u00a0pine. Frequently, most gardeners start out planting an affordable 2 &#8211; 3 foot multi-branched shrub. A young lacebark\u00a0starts out\u00a0slow, but growth rate picks up (4-5 inches annually) after 4-5 years on-site. The lovely cinnamon colored candles tip the branches in May,\u00a0similar to\u00a0candles decorating a\u00a0cake. When fully expanded, the 2 &#8211; 4 inch long bristly needles are\u00a0sharp to the touch.<\/p>\n<p>Lacebark requires no special care other than fertilizing in the early spring and mulching until it is established after 2 years. Plant lacebark in full sun and in above-average garden soil that is well-drained. An older tree is moderately drought tolerant. Occasionally, you may want\u00a0prune off\u00a0a few side branches to show off the exfoliating bark pattern within. Young tree bark tends to color olive green and gradually bleaches out to an oft-white many years hence.<\/p>\n<p>Most potentially serious disease and insect pests may be avoided\u00a0through proper siting and care. Select a visible landscape location which is frequently visited, such as near a patio, carport, driveway or a window which looks out at lacebark.<\/p>\n<p>Lacebark pine can be purchased from specialty mail-order nurseries via the internet. Lacebark is a long term investment,\u00a0an evergreen\u00a0that you and future generations will cherish for its exquisite patchwork bark.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6678\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pinus-bungeana.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6678\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6678\" alt=\"Patchy bark\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pinus-bungeana-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pinus-bungeana-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pinus-bungeana-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pinus-bungeana.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patchy bark<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana) is an arboreal gem which few gardeners are privileged to own (USDA hardiness zones 4-8). Hopefully, this will change. Lacebark is a lovely 3-needle pine with exquisite exfoliating bark which becomes more attractive as it ages. Bark mottling begins after 8-10 years, that&#8217;s worth the wait if you&#8217;re a young patient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,800,604,665,1163,597,952,843,1059,601,729,777,630,705,646,7,113,850,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13523,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions\/13523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}