| Description | Weeping eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) A loose weeping form of the White Pine. |
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| Pronunciation | (PIE-nus)(STROH-bus) |
| Plant Type | Dwarf Conifers |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to moist not dry |
| Soil & Site | Grows best in fertile, well-drained acid soils. In more basic soils it may develop chlorosis, which I have seen many times in our neutral to basic soils of southeastern Wisconsin. |
| Leaves | needles, groups of 5, blue gray to blue green |
| Stems | branches pendulous and twisting, young bark smooth gray |
| Dimensions | Can reach a height of 15' in 10 years. Can be tall and slender or mounding. I have seen plants over 8 feet tall. High to a creat extent is determined by the initial staking of the plant. Can be in a mounding, arching or weeping form. |
| Maintenance | Young plants pendulous leader will need to be staked. |
| Propagation | grafting |
| Native Site | Species plant is native to North America |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 1866 |
| Author's Notes | I have seen forms of this plant in many gardens. The forms can be weeping, mounded or arched. |
| Notes & Reference | #202-The Conifer Society (www.conifersociety.org), #136-Gardening with Conifers (Adrian Bloom) |
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