| Uses: Culinary |
Duration: Perennial (hardy in zones 9-10) |
| When to Sow: Anytime |
Ease of Germination: Easy |
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Source of the richly delicious pine nuts used in pestos and other Mediterranean dishes. Attractive potplant; grows well in pots, but will not produce pine nuts unless grown where it can reach mature size. Native tree of southern Europe where it grows up to 20 m. Hardy to zone 8. Due to USDA regulations plants cannot be shipped to the U.S. However seeds are okay to ship to the U.S.
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