I love the Austrian Pine Oregeon Green trees and I decided to replace some 25 year old fragrant evergreen bushes since they grew huge and started hindering the driveway. Please see atttached.
I was unable to find a lot of information on the Austrian Pine Oregon Greens but I planted 2 small trees in place of what I removed. The instructions said that they would grow 10 -12 feet in as many years. I know Austrian Pine can live generally 100s of years and can get to 66 feet or higher and really wide.
I thought I could keep them pruned and confined over the years so it will be manageable,
Am I wrong in my decision, can you please advise on this ? I now fear I may have made a mistake but I really like the way it looks now.
Base on your feedback I can either leave it there or move it to my back yard and replace with some other bushes.0



Response appreciated.
Thank You.
Anand J

I have an Austrian Pine in my yard I planted twenty years ago. It is now between twenty and thirty feet high and approx. twelve feet or so wide.
It was under six feet when I planted it.
They are not like a some evergreens that can be trimmed to remain a bush.
As they get older the lower branches thin out like a Scots Pine.

You can try but you will probably disappointed especially when they are mature enough to produce cones.

You can minimize growth but you won't stop it. Luckily, Oregon Green Austrian Pine is considered a small tree to begin with, achieving an eventual size of 18 - 20 feet tall. You will have to twist the center candle out of every branch every spring to slow down growth.

Personally, I would move them and choose something else. I don't think you will be happy in the long run. Choose a Mugho Pine or one of the dwarf Austrian Pines.

This nursery has a lot of choices for small growing pines:

http://www.hardingnursery.com/...

I have several dwarf pines in my yard including a dwarf Japanese Black Pine, dwarf White Pine and dwarf Lodgepole Pine. They are becoming more popular and more available.

RpR said:I have an Austrian Pine in my yard I planted twenty years ago. It is now between twenty and thirty feet high and approx. twelve feet or so wide.
It was under six feet when I planted it.
They are not like a some evergreens that can be trimmed to remain a bush.
As they get older the lower branches thin out like a Scots Pine.

You can try but you will probably disappointed especially when they are mature enough to produce cones.

Thank you for your prompt response and Apt advice. I have a lot of room and I am going to move it.

Thank you for your prompt response and Apt advice. I am looking at pictures of the Mugho pine and some of the other options suggested. I am going to move these to the back of my yard. I have a lot of room for it.

anandj said:Thank you for your prompt response and Apt advice. I am looking at pictures of the Mugo pine and some of the other options suggested. I am going to move these to the back of my yard. I have a lot of room for it.

One thing about the Mugo Pine, a nursery here had one for decades. It was large when I got here and that was over thirty years ago.
I was easily twenty feet wide and seven to eight feet high.
When I went inside and asked them what it was and they said Mugo Pine, I was amazed.
Sadly it and the nursery are gone now.