Soft Touch White Pine is a dwarf native conifer tree that forms a flattened mound with slightly twisted blue-green needles that are soft to the touch. Grows best in full sun with acidic and well-drained soils. Type: Tree, Conifer Origins: Northeast N. America Height: 4' - 5' Spread: 5' - 6' Spacing: 5’ USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8 Culture: Full Sun Bloom Color: N/A Season of Interest: Year-Round MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant. Susceptible to a large number of pests and diseases, including blights, rusts, and canker. White Pine Bister Rust is often fatal. Insect problems include white pine weevil, bark beetles, white pine shoot borer, Zimmerman moth larvae, pine sawfly, scale and aphids. Highly flammable, do not plant near defensible places near the home. LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or mass plantings, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Shade Tree, Screening, and Hedges. COMPANION PLANTS: Ginkgo, Japanese Maple, Magnolia IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Pinus strobus 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0 *As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
