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Eastern White Pine
apart for screening purposes. The White Pine takes six to eight years to produce a six-foot tree on good sites. It carries long, soft bluish green needles with large brown cones. It grows best in full sun or partial shade and in ordinary soil. This evergreen conifer tree is a truly magnificent tree attaining a height of 80 feet at maturity with a diameter of two to three feet. Eastern White Pine trees are widely used as a screen or windbreak. It is easily controlled, and is good for small properties as well as field plantings. Space 6 ft. It grows rapidly for a pine tree and is pyramidal shaped when young, becoming umbrella-shaped with age. The White Pine tree is long-lived and vigorous. Also widely used for Christmas trees and timber. The Eastern White Pine, Pinus Strobus, is a beautiful landscape pine widely used throughout much of North America. It can tolerate wet, swampy areas. ... find out more
Eastern Red Oak The tree is very similar to the Northen Red Oak and is sometimes called a Northen Red Oak. In autumn the leaves turn a vibrant red, adding bursts of color to our landscapes. The Eastern Red Oak tree, Quercus maxima, is a hardwood tree that you can recognize by its pointy-lobed leaves with prickly tips. It grows rapidly for an Oak tree and is widely adaptable to moisture and soil types. This deciduous tree produces many acorns and is a great provider of food for wildlife. |
