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11/12/99
Pinus strobus--Eastern White Pine
Hardiness Zones: 3 to 7
Height: 70 ft Spread: 30 ft Form: pyramidal
Type: narrow-leaved evergreen tree
Annual Growth Rate: more than 18 inches
Comments: Eastern White Pine (Vis. 7) has soft, bluish-green
needles (Vis. 6). Growth is rapid at first but slows down
with age. Eastern White Pine is susceptible to salt injury
from roads or drain fields.
Cultivars:
'Alba' - The new growth is white, becoming bluish-green
with maturity.
'Bennett Clumpleaf' - The clusters of needles have grown
together.
'Bergman's' Variegated' - The leaves have yellow
variegation.
'Bloomer's Dark Globe' ('Bloomer's Globe') - A slow-
growing shrub with ascending branches and dark green
foliage.
'Blue Shag' - A globe-shaped dwarf with blue (Vis. 8)
foliage. Should be grown in full sun.
f. brevifolia - Tree with shorter needles.
'Brevifolia Elf' - A dwarf plant that, when mature,
will resemble a miniature, 20-foot tall white pine.
'Coney Island' - A dwarf with a rounded habit, heavy cone
production.
'Contorta' ('Torulosa') - The needles, stems and
branches are twisted and contorted. The tree is
almost columnar when young but becomes broader when
mature (Vis. 1).
'Curtis Dwarf' - A dwarf that grows less than 6 inches
a year and eventually forms a dense mound that is as
wide as it is tall.
'Fastigiata' - A rapid growing columnar form that will
be 45 feet tall but 15 feet wide (Vis. 2).
'Globosa' - A rounded cultivar.
'Greg's Witch's Broom' - A dense, miniature form.
'Hillside Winter Gold' - Summer foliage is yellowish-
green becoming yellow in winter.
'Horsford' - A small, rounded dwarf (Vis. 9).
'Louie' - The foliage is golden and the color persists
all year.
'Macopin' - This dwarf develops into a large, broad,
open shrub.
'Merrimack' - A dense, rounded cultivar with bluish
foliage.
'Minuta' - A miniature that forms a rounded mound.
'Nana' - Plants that are globe-shaped, irregularly
pyramidal or wider than high when young (Vis. 3).
This cultivar name is used rather loosely consequently
descriptions vary in different catalogs.
'Nana Macopin' - Presumably a dwarf form of 'Macopin'.
'Oliver Dwarf' - A dwarf, compact plant.
'Paul Waxman' - A mound-shaped dwarf with short needles.
'Pendula' - A weeping cultivar that can be trained to
be upright or spreading (Vis. 4).
'Pygmaea' - A dwarf, globe-shaped cultivar (Vis. 5).
'Radiata' - A dense dwarf, wider than it is high, with
bluish foliage.
'Sea Urchin' - A rounded, miniature with bluish foliage.
'Soft Touch' - A mounded dwarf with a flat top and
twisted, short needles.
'Torulosa' - An unusual cultivar with twisted branches
and needles plus an open growth habit.
'Uconn' - A slower-growing tree than the species.
'Unacatena' - A dense, rounded plant with a slow growth
rate and yellowish foliage.
'White Mountain' - A vigorous form with silvery blue
foliage. The foliage may be susceptible to damage
from severe winters and air pollution.
References for Cultivars: Iseli Nursery 1999, Weston
Nurseries 1999, Monrovia Nursery Company 1997, Lake County
Nursery 1997, Princeton Nurseries 1999, J. Frank Schmidt
and Son 1999, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999, Sheridan
Nurseries 1999, Studebaker Nurseries 1999, Gee Farms 1999,
Willoway Nurseries 1999.
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