Pinus strobus
White Pine
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) has soft-looking needles grouped in fives and a branching canopy that becomes broad with age. Its airy foliage brings a lighter texture to a large evergreen planting.
Its structure combines a tapered crown and outward-spreading growth. Growth is fast. The foliage supplies a year-round framework.
Choose a site in full sun or partial shade. Provide acidic, humus-rich, well-drained soil and maintain even moisture.
Size
• Height: 50-80 ft
• Width: 20-40 ft
Hardiness
• USDA Zones: 3a–8b
Best Uses
• Hedge
• Privacy Screen
• Provide Shade
• Specimen
• Woodland Gardens
- Plant type
- Conifer, Evergreen Tree
- Height
- 50-80 ft
- Width
- 20-40 ft
- Hardiness zones
- 3a–8b
- Sunlight
- Full sun to part shade
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Bloom time
- Does not flower
- Flower color
- None
- Leaf color
- Blue-green
- Fall color
- Green
- Attracts
- Songbirds
- Soil
- Acidic, Humus rich, Loamy, Moist well-drained, Sandy
- Landscape use
- Hedge, Privacy Screen, Provide Shade, Specimen, Woodland Gardens
- Shape
- Oval, Pyramidal, Spreading
- Bark
- Furrowed, Smooth
- Fruit
- Yes
- Fragrant
- No
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Salt tolerant
- No
- Drought tolerant
- No
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