Pinus mugo ‘Carstens’ is a small, dwarf selection of Mountain pine. Overall its structure is cushion-shaped becoming a flattened globe with age. Needles are typical of the species and are a pleasant medium green in the summer, becoming a rich golden yellow in the winter. ‘Carstens’ is one of the best of the “winter yellow’ pines. Another distinguishing feature is a late season push of shorter needles, creating the effect of a crown at the end of each terminal branch.  This cultivar originated as a special seedling selected by Erwin Carstens from Varel Germany in the mid 1980s and introduced to the nursery trade by Hachmann nursery, Barmstedt, Germany

↑ 60 cm  (2’)  ↔  60 cm  (2’)

Zone 2 ☼