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THE Eastern White Pine
About the Eastern White
Pine :
The Eastern White Pine, Pinus Strobus, is a
beautiful landscape pine widely used throughout much
of North America. This evergreen conifer tree is a
truly magnificent tree attaining a height of 80 feet
at maturity with a diameter of two to three feet. It
carries long, soft bluish green needles with large
brown cones. Eastern White Pine trees are widely
used as a screen or windbreak. It grows rapidly for
a pine tree and is pyramidal shaped when young,
becoming umbrella-shaped with age.
The White Pine tree is long-lived and vigorous.
The White Pine takes six to eight years to produce a
six-foot tree on good sites. It grows best in full
sun or partial shade and in ordinary soil. It can
tolerate wet, swampy areas. Space 6 ft. apart for
screening purposes. It is easily controlled, and is
good for small properties as well as field
plantings. Also widely used for Christmas trees and
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