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Eastern White Pine
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. Also widely used for Christmas trees and timber. It carries long, soft bluish green needles with large brown cones. The Eastern White Pine, Pinus Strobus, is a beautiful landscape pine widely used throughout much of North America. Space 6 ft. apart for screening purposes. Eastern White Pine trees are widely used as a screen or windbreak. 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 grows rapidly for a pine tree and is pyramidal shaped when young, becoming umbrella-shaped with age. It is easily controlled, and is good for small properties as well as field plantings. It can tolerate wet, swampy areas. ... find out more
Ponderosa Pine The Ponderosa Pine, Pinus Ponderosa, will grow on most soils including very sandy soils and sites with very little topsoil. It is a tall stately tree that is widely used in windbreaks. The soft dark green needles, 6-10 inches long, are arranged in bundles of three. This evergreen conifer tree thrives in full sun and poor soil, and it is one of the tallest and most important timber pines in the western states. |
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