Pinus strobus 'Fastigiata' ~ Upright White Pine

Pinus strobus 'Fastigiata' ~ Upright White PineUpright White Pine is a fast growing native conifer tree with tightly upright branches forming a narrow columnar habit that slowly broadens with age. Its blue green needles come in bundles of fives and light brown cones attract birds. Grows best in full sun with acidic and well drained soils. Type: Tree, Conifer Origins: Northeast N. America Height: 30' 40' Spread: 7' 10' Spacing: 8 USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 8 Culture: Full Sun Bloom Color: N A Season of

Upright White Pine is a fast-growing native conifer tree with tightly upright branches forming a narrow columnar habit that slowly broadens with age.  Its blue-green needles come in bundles of fives and light brown cones attract birds.  Grows best in full sun with acidic and well-drained soils.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant. Susceptible to a large number of pests and diseases, including blights, rusts, and canker.   White Pine Bister Rust is often fatal.  Insect problems include white pine weevil, bark beetles, white pine shoot borer, Zimmerman moth larvae, pine sawfly, scale and aphids.  Highly flammable, do not plant near defensible places near the home.

LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or mass plantings, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Shade Tree, Screening, and Hedges.

COMPANION PLANTS: Ginko, Japanese Maple, Magnolia

IMAGE: Mark Bolin, Pinus strobus 'Fastigiata'1

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.