Columnar White Pine (Pinus strobus 'Fastigiata') - foliage plant, illustrated plant card

Columnar White Pine

Pinus strobus 'Fastigiata'

Columnar White Pine is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.

Bloom time
Foliage plant
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Sun
Full sun
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
39 ft × 9.8 ft
Type
Conifer
Verification

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Growing Columnar White Pine

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 39 ft tall and 9.8 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 20 years.

When to plant Columnar White Pine

Plant Columnar White Pine in spring once the soil is workable, or by very early fall at the latest: an evergreen needs its roots down well before the ground freezes. For the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 8 range, that is April to June, or August on the fall side.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 5 in April.

The Pine family

One of 5 in the Pine family. Same family, similar care.

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