What's with the mungus?

Their link is all I can find but of course the language barrier stops me in my tracks.

Someone help explain.

Dave

(and your tag says "mugus" not "mungus")

Nice plant though -- where'd you get it ?

-The last picture is from the grower's grounds and is about 15 years old, 60 cm wide x 30 cm high (which means jack squat to me, hah)
-That particular specimen was hand cut annually to keep its dense, mound-like form
-The original plant was found in the Italian Alps, in spite of what the name would indicate (Austria), and is used to a particularly sunny and airy (not densely planted) climate
-The grower cultivates over 10,000 of this species annually
-If you are planning to keep it shapely, it is 'imperative' to cut back the new growth every May or June by one half

Hope that is useful. Looks like a nice plant and a good find, Dave.

-Steg

Solitärpflanze, age about 15 years, width approx. 60 cm, height of approx. 30 cm.

Botani name: Pinus mugo pumilio "type Tirol"

German name: Dwarf Bergkiefer

Description: The selection type Tirol from Pinus mugo pumilio is a speciality of the nursery garden Helmers. We cultivate each year several 10,000 plants of this selection. The plants come of mother plants, which grow highly above in the Italian alps. From this seeds only the compact and shortnoble types are out-selected. These are then cut separately by hand of our gardners each year in form, so that they train the typical race-like character.

Intended purpose: In the single conditions in the mountain garden, rock-garden, heath garden, for graves. Also in groups very beautiful, laminar ensembles let themselves planted be formed. In the Japan garden fantastically as wavy cut surface planted. By the nature location in the alps the dwarf Bergkiefer highly above needs a very sunny not to moisten location. Then absolutely wash and wear, an annual a shortening of the new impulses in May/June around half promotes a still more compact stature. In the excavator bucket planted also without winter protection absolutely frost-hard.

Pinus mugo mungus 'Tyrolean' = Pinus mugo pumilio "type Tirol" how did we get there?

Thanks Steg for chiming in. Funny... my last name is Stegmaier but I can't speak a word of German. 3 generations from my relatives that could.

Dave

Dave