Ponderosa Pine Seeds
Pinus ponderosa
£3.00 – £17.95
Grow Pinus ponderosa from seeds for a grand and stately presence in your garden. The Ponderosa Pine, with its impressive height and distinctive bark, is an excellent choice for UK landscapes.
- ✓ Grow your own majestic Ponderosa Pine from seed and enjoy the satisfaction of nurturing this iconic tree from its earliest stages to maturity.
- ✓ These hardy Ponderosa Pine seeds are harvested from mature, healthy trees, ensuring the best possible germination rates and robust seedlings.
- ✓ With a little patience and care, these Ponderosa Pine seeds will grow into the stately, drought-resistant trees that characterise the American West.
- ✓ Ponderosa Pine seeds make an excellent choice for reforestation projects, landscaping, or as a unique gift for nature enthusiasts and gardeners alike.
- ✓ Quality UK seed stock from Yarrow Gardens - DEFRA Registered Supplier
Ponderosa Pine Seeds, from the majestic Pinus ponderosa, occasionally called Western Yellow Pine offer an exceptional opportunity for UK gardeners to cultivate one of North America’s most iconic and towering conifers. Known for its tall, straight trunk and thick, deeply furrowed bark, the Ponderosa Pine is a symbol of rugged beauty.
These seeds are the start of a journey to grow a tree that prefers well-drained soils and thrives in full sun, making it suitable for larger landscapes where it can reach its full potential. The Ponderosa Pine is celebrated for its long, slender needles grouped in threes, and its large, conical cones. It’s a hardy species, adaptable to a range of environmental conditions, and is known for its drought tolerance once established.
Planting Ponderosa Pine Seeds is not only an investment in a striking landscape feature but also a contribution to biodiversity, providing habitat and food for wildlife.
Season of Interest
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Sunlight
Full Sun
Foliage
Evergreen
Foliage Colour
Green
Hardiness
-20°C and below (H7)
When MatureSafety
Pollen Allergies
Watering
Moderate
Preferred Soil Type
Any well drained soil
Preferred Soil pH
Acidic
Long Needled Trees
Natural Germination: Ponderosa Pine seeds require a period of cold stratification to break dormancy. Sowing them outdoors in autumn allows them to experience natural winter conditions, aiding in spring germination.
Artificial Stratification: For controlled germination, mix the seeds with a moist substrate and refrigerate for about 1-2 months. This simulates the natural cold period, preparing the seeds for successful germination when planted in warmer conditions.
Scarification
Soak in water for 24 hours
Cold Stratification
Cold stratify for 60 days
Germinate
Expect about 54% germinancy
Difficulty Level
Easy
Delivery
Yarrow Gardens aim to have your order with you in fastest time possible and safest method of transport. Dependent on the parcel size and geographical destination in mind with will select the most suitable courier.
You are welcome to collect any times from our nursery in Euxton, Lancashire. Please contact us to arrange a suitable date and time.
With regret, we can no longer send items out to Northern Ireland. All live plants need a phytosanitary checks and DAERA must be notified. This process is simply too expensive at the moment.
Returns
In the rare instance that your item has been damaged during delivery or incorrectly shipped by us, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the return and replacement of your item.
Once you have contacted us and we have confirmation that your parcel is on its way back to us we will be happy to issue a refund for the return postage.
Delivery Class | Delivery Cost | |
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Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £0.95 (Flat) | |
Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | This item |
Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £2.10 (Flat) | This item |
Standard Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £7.95 (Flat) | |
Standard Items - Standard Courier (Evri) | £4.49 (Flat) | |
Medium Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £7.95 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £28.95 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcel Force) | £24.95 (Flat) | |
Pallet Courier - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) |
We are a small family business based in Euxton, West Lancashire. We specialise in the supply of trees, shrubs both bare root & cell grown. Much of our stock is grown directly on site from seed or cuttings. Other stock is all UK sourced where possible.
We adhere to industry leading biosecurity measures, this ensures that our nursery remains clean and disease free.
We are DEFRA registered and our nursery is regularly inspected to confirm compliance with all current plant and plant health regulations.
Our Plant Passport Registration Number is GB140010
You can view our Plant Healthy report here.
We are actively working towards the Grown in Britain certification along with the Plant Healthy certification.
Should you have any concern or question in respect of our plant health matters, please get in touch.