Pinus bungeana - Lacebark Pine Dogwoods A fast growing deciduous conifer

A fast growing deciduous conifer native to central China

It is cultivated in China to a small extent for cork production

Quite variable in appearance ranging from a small stocky shrub to small tree

Perhaps the most rewarding way to grow this shrub as as a trained standard

Pinus bungeana - Lacebark Pine Dogwoods A fast growing deciduous coniferA small multistemmed pine with the most extraordinary bark that is smooth and peels off the trunk like that of a Platanus sp; in young specimens it is brown, but in old ones becomes quite white and gives to this pine its most remarkable character. A native to China, it is very hardy, but a very slow grower.