Dwarf Mountain Pine (Pinus Mugo ‘Teeny’)

Features and Characteristics

Pinus mugo, commonly called mugo pine or Swiss mountain pine, is a variable species that is most often seen as a bushy, multi-stemmed shrub or broad-rounded small tree to 15-20’ tall. Mature plants typically exhibit a dense habit, usually growing wider than tall. Mugo pine is also seen in more prostrate forms as well as in taller trees that will grow to as much as 80’. It is native to the mountains of central and southern Europe from Spain to the Balkans. It features bright green needles (to 1-3” long) in bundles of two, oval to conical dull brown female cones (to 2 1/2” long) and scaly brown-gray bark.

Genus name comes from the Latin name for pines.

Mugo is reportedly an ancient Tyrolean name with an unknown definition.

‘Teeny’ is an extremely dwarf cultivar that may be the smallest form of mugo pine available in commerce today. This is a dense, globose form that typically grows 1” per year, typically maturing over 10 years to only 10-12” tall and as wide. It features unusually short, medium to dark green needles (to 1” long) in bundles of two.