Buy Pinus monticola

Also Known As

Western White Pine

Plant type

tree, conifer

size

H: 100'-200'
W: 50'

planting zones

4a-8b

1 gallon | $49

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Pinus monticola plant details

Pinus monticola is an evergreen conifer tree with green foliage. Attracts birds. Grows well with sun and regular - occasional water. Does well in average, lean and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something pollution tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Pinus monticola

Plant type: conifer tree
Plant family: pinaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 0 - 50 FT - wide, 100 FT - 200 FT - tall
Uses: bonsai, container plant, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Pinus monticola

USDA Zones: 4a - 8b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: regular - occasional
Resistant to: deer, pollution and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average, lean and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This ?king of the alpine woods? is a medium-large tree, narrow and fast-growing when young with dark-green needles in 5?s, but with age, it develops a trunk ?as massive and suggestive of enduring strength as that of an oak? (Muir) S/M-D

By: Forestfarm

Western White Pines grow across much of the low and medium elevations of dry mountain ranges across western North America. They often occupy hot, dry sites with poor soil and are one of the few trees that grow in the serpentine soils of the Siskiyou Mountains. The branches are dense and the leaves are often an attractive blue-green shade.

Western White Pines are very popular for bonsai because of their short needles and dense branching habit, especially because trees develop a thick trunk quickly. When growing Pinus monticola in containers be sure to use a very well drained mix, we have had good success with 75% coarse bark, 15% pumice or perlite, and 10% compost with a spoonful of Osmocote fertilizer on top each spring. In the landscape these trees also appreciate well drained soils. If you have heavy clay soils we recommend piling loose soil into a mound a couple of feet tall and several feet wide to plant in - this will provide good drainage around the roots of your young tree.

Near our nursery in Southern Oregon they often share the same range with the Sugar Pine, and because the two look similar in appearance young trees can be difficult to tell apart. Mature Western White Pines have very distinctive long and narrow cones compared to the fat cones on a Sugar Pine.