| General Description | A great plant for rock gardens/low maintenance gardens. Under ideal conditions, it can live up to 50 years old. Beautiful emerald green colour. |
| ID Characteristic | A dense evergreen shrub that can grow up to 15-31 cm tall with a spread of 1.2 m. Buds are cylindrical about 1 cm long and resinous. |
| Shape | Low dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with rounded form. |
| Landscape | Used for foundation plantings, hedges and great for rock gardens. |
| Propagation | Sow seed. |
| Cultivation | Grow in healthy fertile soil, with adequate moisture, humus rich that is well drained. With proper soil conditions it is more tolerant to insect. |
| Pests | Pines are susceptible to spider mites, scale insects, and pine wilt. |
| Habitat | Horticulture origin |
| Bark/Stem Description | The twigs are green, but become brown during the second season. Hairless with prominent ridges and grooves. Bark is a dark grey and scaly. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Reddish-brown scale tips are pressed against buds, resinous. |
| Leaf Description | Needles are in fasciles of 2, usually 3-6 cm long curved and somewhat twisted. They are also stiff, pointed and dark green. Edges are finely toothed, bundle sheath persistent with needles 10 mm long. |
| Flower Description | Insignificant, monoecious. |
| Fruit Description | Seed cones are ovoid, shiny yellowish-brown to dark brown, 3-6 cm, short stalked, in small clusters found at annual nodes; they are almost at right angles to the branches. Scales have a dark brown ring surrounding prickle at tip. |
| Colour Description | Dark green foilage, bark is dark grey. |
| Texture Description | Slightly course. |