Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Use

A very handsome and ornamental specimen; valuable for parks, estates and large properties; one of our most beautiful native pines. Mass Plant, Specimen Plant, Windbreak

Additional notes

Easily transplanted because of wide-spreading and moderately deep root system with only a vestige of a taproot; makes its best growth on fertile, moist, well-drained soils, however is found on such extremes as dry, rocky ridges and wet sphagnum bogs; light demanding but can tolerate some shade

Very valuable timber species, Dark green evergreen foliage all year

Light:

Full Sun

Soil type:

Tolerates Dry, Needs Well Drained

Zone:

3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Maximum height:

50-80 ft; can grow to 150 ft

Spread:

20-40 ft

Growth speed:

Fast, one of the fastest growing landscape pines

Habit (shape):

In youth a symmetrical pyramid of soft, pleasant appearance; in middle-age and on old trees the crown is composed of several horizontal and ascending branches; gracefully plume-like In outline and very distinctive when compared to other conifers

Flowers:

Monoecious; staminate clustered, yellow; pistillate pink

Fruit:

Cones sub terminal, pendent, 3 to 7 inches long by 1 1/2 inches broad, stalked, cylindrical, often curved, apex pointed, resinous and light brown; mature in autumn of second year

Texture:

Medium-fine

Insect susceptibility:

White pine weevil, Pine Needle Scale

Disease susceptibility:

White pine blister rust (a bark disease)