PINUS mugo mughus

Found in the Eastern Alps to the Balkan region with shrub-like, low-lying growing habit, knee-like bending branches, numerous short shoots and twisted needles - a cultivar found in the wild that also remains stocky in the flatlands and hardly over 2 m tall; an ideal pine for hedges and for mass plantings. B, D, H, K, R, St, Z. Zone 4.