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inus flexilis, commonly called limber pine, is primarily found in the Rocky Mountains from Canada to New Mexico at elevations of 5,000 to 12,000 feet. It typically grows 25-60’ tall with a pyramidal habit maturing over time to a more rounded form. However, in exposed high alpine sites at or near tree line, it may also be seen growing in very dwarf shrubby shapes twisted and contorted by the extreme elements. It features dark green to bluish green needles (to 3.5” long) in bundles of five and short-stalked, thick-scaled, brown cones to 8” long. Cones fall to the ground without disintegrating.
Genus name comes from the Latin name for pines.
The specific epithet is in reference to the flexible (limber) branchlets/twigs.
‘Cesarini Blue’ is an upright, compact cultivar that features the bluest needles found on any of the P. flexilis selections. Needles are commonly described as being powdery blue. This is a narrow pyramidal tree that typically grows very slowly to only 6-7' tall and to 3' wide over the first 10 years, eventually rising over time to as much as 20-25' tall.
