Pinus mugo 'Green Candle' is a dwarf, globose to eventually pyramidal selection of mugo pine with thick shoots; short, dark-green needles; and a profuse crop of pollen cones in spring. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 40 inches (1 m) tall and 2 feet (60 cm) wide, an annual growth rate of 3 to 4 inches (7.5 - 10 cm).
[ Don Howse, PorterHowse Farms ] This mugo pine is a stout, upright mound with distinctive, thick floriferous buds and short, stiff needles.
This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in the early-1970s by the North Willamette Experimental Station in Aurora, Oregon, OR. E.A. Cope is credited to have named the plant around 1986. This conifer was selected for exceptional ease in rooting cuttings.
