Tasmania is home to many native pines, and one of the most beautiful is the South Esk Pine, but I could be a little biased as it grows along the river where i live. The South Esk Pine also grows along the St Pauls River and here it is known as St Pauls Pine.
South Esk Pine is a beautiful formal shaped native cypress pine with bluish green foliage and an upright form. It can be planted at 1m intervals to make a narrow dense hedge. The thick foliage is used by small birds for nesting. Blue wrens love it as a safe haven, disappearing and reappearing feeding their hungry family well hidden within the foliage.
South Esk Pine is extremely drought and frost tolerant, and although it grows along rivers, it strangely doesn't like to be in extended waterlogged sites. It happily grows in full sun or part shade and is suitable for all soils with good drainage. South Esk Pine grows 3-5m high and 1-3 m wide.
Keep watered until established, but once settled in to its new home, it doesn't need any upkeep and it will maintain its nice formal shape.
if you don't have room for a tall tree, South Esk Pine makes an ideal pot plant which can double as a Christmas tree..
South Esk Pine is a beautiful formal shaped native cypress pine with bluish green foliage and an upright form. It can be planted at 1m intervals to make a narrow dense hedge. The thick foliage is used by small birds for nesting. Blue wrens love it as a safe haven, disappearing and reappearing feeding their hungry family well hidden within the foliage.
South Esk Pine is extremely drought and frost tolerant, and although it grows along rivers, it strangely doesn't like to be in extended waterlogged sites. It happily grows in full sun or part shade and is suitable for all soils with good drainage. South Esk Pine grows 3-5m high and 1-3 m wide.
Keep watered until established, but once settled in to its new home, it doesn't need any upkeep and it will maintain its nice formal shape.
if you don't have room for a tall tree, South Esk Pine makes an ideal pot plant which can double as a Christmas tree..
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