Eastern White Pine — Pinus strobus (Native Evergreen Shade & Screening Tree)

Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) is the largest native conifer in Eastern North America — a majestic, fast-growing native evergreen tree that over time develops into a magnificent landscape specimen of extraordinary stature, beginning life with a graceful pyramidal silhouette before gradually broadening and rounding with age into a grand, wind-sculpted crown that can reach 50–80 feet tall and 20–40 feet wide. The foliage is soft, flexible, and distinctly elegant — bundles of five 2.5–5 inch bluish-green needles give the tree a fine-textured, feathery appearance quite unlike the coarser needles of most pines, complemented by attractive long, slender cones that are among the most graceful of any native pine. As a landscape tree, Eastern White Pine is prized for its speed of growth, year-round evergreen presence, and outstanding effectiveness as a privacy screen, windbreak, naturalized woodland planting, or large specimen. Native to the Northeast and an important ecological tree supporting many wildlife species. Hardy to Zone 3.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Watch for white pine weevil, bark beetles, pine sawfly, scale, aphids, and blister rust. Note: highly flammable — avoid planting in fire-prone defensible zones near structures.
LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or Mass Plantings, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Shade Tree, Screening, and Hedges.

COMPANION PLANTS: Ginkgo, Japanese Maple, Magnolia

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