Pinus strobus
Pinus strobus
eastern white pine
SIZE/TYPE |
tall tree |
USUAL HEIGHT |
8-20m |
USUAL WIDTH |
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LEAVES |
evergreen conifer |
COLOUR OF LEAVES |
green |
FLOWERS |
insignificant or non-blooming |
LOCATION |
full sun |
USDA zone (lowest) |
3 (down to -40°C) |
WINTER PROTECTION |
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FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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FOR ZONE 7 |
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BELONGS TO CATEGORIES |
Conifers
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One of the tallest pines is this eastern white pine. It has soft, 7-13 cm long needles of light green colour with a bluish tint. Natural growth is upright with pyramidal shape when young, turning slightly wider and irregular as the branches spread to sides and mature. In gardens where it has limited root space it can grow 8-12 m, whereas in natural woodlands and arboretums it grows twice as tall. To ensure fully leaved branches from the ground it has to be planted in full sun, and slightly moist soil. Fully hardy.
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
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