Buy Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper'

Also Known As

Hillside Creeper Scotch Pine
Hillside Creeper Scots Pine

Plant type

shrub, conifer

size

H: 18"-3'
W: 6'-8'

planting zones

3a-8b

#5 Container | $169.99

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#7, 30-36" | $254.99

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Specimen #2285 | $750

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Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' plant details

Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' is a slow-growing evergreen conifer shrub with blue and green foliage. Attracts birds. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and regular water. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in acidic, clay, lean and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant and wind tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper'

Plant type: conifer shrub
Plant family: pinaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue and green
Mature size: 6 FT - 8 FT - wide, 18 IN - 3 FT - tall
Uses: dwarf, prostrate, rock garden, spreading, winter interest, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper'

USDA Zones: 3a - 8b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: regular
Resistant to: deer, verticillium wilt and wind
Soil needs: acidic, clay, lean and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A carpeting form of Scots pine, this selection tends to become layered over time, but it rarely grows over one foot tall. It will spread out and creep along the ground to 8 or more in time, so it is particularly effective on a bank or hillside. Green to

By: Conifer Kingdom

Completely prostrate, this handsome, strong-growing plant can make a dense cover of interlacing branches, 6-10' wide, deep-green in summer, yellow-green in winter; an enchanting picture hanging over a bank or wall. S/M

By: Forestfarm

Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' A creeping cultivar of Scotch Pine. A nice grouncover that spreads out and forms flat layered branches covered with thick, green - needles. The vigorous, hardy Scotch Pine, lighter-green in winter, makes an excellent groundcovering option for banks or walls or tucked in and around boulders. Found as a seedling by Layne Ziegenfus of Hillside Gardens, Lehighton, Pennsylvania.

By: Kigi Nursery

Brigitta loves this thing, we have a number of them planted around the nursery; it is an attractive procumbent form, although 'Hillside Eater' may have been more apropos.