Description

An elegant evergreen tree with an upright, loosely pyramidal habit of growth and long, soft needles; a medium growth rate; excellent for texture in home landscapes or to add interest to the garden silhouette

Landscape Attributes

Chinese White Pine is an evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.

Chinese White Pine is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Chinese White Pine will grow to be about 50 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is not originally from North America.