The Austrian Pines are quite popular and seem to do well here in the high desert of NM. We’re at around 5k feet, but summers are hot and dry and winters are short, but can be cold and windy. I’m going to try about 5 or 6 to screen a 120’ road frontage.
Spacing and placement sound good. They will need good water the first year while they get established. Good luck and let us know how you like the screen.
I’m growing one in the antelope valley (the western part of the Mojave desert) we get very hot and dry in the summer where we get to the triple digits for a month strait at times and in the winter occasional snowfall and crazy winds. They seem to do pretty okay over here so I say give em a try and see what happens!
I lived in Quartz Hill (there was an almond orchard at the time) back in the day but now I'm in NE Utah and I've been nursing this tiny Austrian Pine indoors all winter because we never got it into the ground last year. If it's working there it could probably survive almost anywhere!
Are you using evergreens in your landscape? What are your favorites?
I planted a Austrian pine from a sappling outside my moms house in the reservation in NE AZ and wow it took off happy to see it growing so well
Pretty full proof tree for challenging areas isn’t it? I like them a lot. Thanks for the comment and your channel interest. Coach Matt
Beautiful puffy trees, there very popular up here in northeastern nevada
The Austrian Pines are quite popular and seem to do well here in the high desert of NM. We’re at around 5k feet, but summers are hot and dry and winters are short, but can be cold and windy. I’m going to try about 5 or 6 to screen a 120’ road frontage.
Spacing and placement sound good. They will need good water the first year while they get established. Good luck and let us know how you like the screen.
I’m growing one in the antelope valley (the western part of the Mojave desert) we get very hot and dry in the summer where we get to the triple digits for a month strait at times and in the winter occasional snowfall and crazy winds. They seem to do pretty okay over here so I say give em a try and see what happens!
Thanks for the input. 👍🏻 That is some serious temperature changes through the seasons. 😀
I lived in Quartz Hill (there was an almond orchard at the time) back in the day but now I'm in NE Utah and I've been nursing this tiny Austrian Pine indoors all winter because we never got it into the ground last year. If it's working there it could probably survive almost anywhere!
@TheGuinever yes it should.