Pinus strobiformis 'Loma Linda' Web Specials

Pinus strobiformis 'Loma Linda' Web SpecialsA broadly pyramidal selection of Southwestern White pine with long, soft bluish green needles. Multiple buds create a denser than normal growth habit, making the tree seem fluffy. Grows 7 inches per year, so will be 6 ft tall but only 3 ft wide in 10 years. This cultivar originated as a witch's broom found by Jerry Morris in New Mexico near La Junta canyon across from the Loma Linda ranch. Rated to zone 8, but there are reports of it doing well in

In winter the gold turns a bit limey

Vivid ruffled reddish-pink flowers in trusses of 15 cover this handsome rhododendron in late March into April

When mature

but wait…the best characteristic happens after the bloom

One of the very best rhododendrons for landscaping as the foliage is so attractive all year

Ned Brockenbrough of Belleview

which is light yellow with a green turning orange blotch at the back of the throat

stopping everyone in their tracks

The flowers are pink/lavender and cover the plant in May

The foliage has little hairs along the edges and looks great all year

Our old plants are only 12" tall and 18" wide

The azaleas in this series were bred by the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum to be very hardy and to have flower buds that can withstand temperatures of -30 to -45 degrees F