Western White Pine
Pinus monticola
Pinaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
British Columbia to CA
Location
Beech Collection, Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection, Hillside Garden, Pinetum
Source of plant
Arborvillage Farm Nursery, Treehaven Evergreen Nursery, Layne Ziegenfuss, Princeton Nurseries, Forestfarm Nursery, Weston Nurseries
Description
A medium-sized to large tree of narrowly conical habit, with minutely pubescent young shoots; winter buds cylindrical-ovoid. Leaves in 5's, 8cm to 10cm long, dark blue-green with white inner surface. Cones solitary or in clusters, ovoid-cylindrical, stalked, 10cm to 25cm long, usually clustered at the ends of branches, pendulous after the first year.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics, winter interest