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Eastern White Pine
It can tolerate wet, swampy areas. It grows best in full sun or partial shade and in ordinary soil. It carries long, soft bluish green needles with large brown cones. It is easily controlled, and is good for small properties as well as field plantings. Eastern White Pine trees are widely used as a screen or windbreak. Also widely used for Christmas trees and timber. Space 6 ft. 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 grows rapidly for a pine tree and is pyramidal shaped when young, becoming umbrella-shaped with age. The White Pine takes six to eight years to produce a six-foot tree on good sites. The Eastern White Pine, Pinus Strobus, is a beautiful landscape pine widely used throughout much of North America. The White Pine tree is long-lived and vigorous. apart for screening purposes. ... find out more
Native American Plum The leaves turn yellow to red in autumn for great fall color. Although the plums can be eaten raw, the quality is somewhat poor. The Native American Plum tree, Prunus americana, is also known as the Native Plum, Hedge Plum, Sloe or Wild Plum. Wildlife are attracted to the sweet fruits. This species is usually grown for ornamental value and not for fruit production, however. As a shrub, it suckers freely and can form large colonies. |
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