Melinda Myers

Japanese White Pine

Botanical Name

Pinus parviflora

Min Zone

4

Max Zone

7

Height

25 to 50 feet

Width

25 to 50 feet

Flowers

May: monoecious, small, yellow-green in clusters

Fruit

Cone: 1.5 to 4 inches, remain 6 to 7 years on tree, thick brownish-red

Light

Full sun

Soil

Well-drained, adaptable

Planting & Care

• Somewhat tolerant of salt spray
• Relatively tolerant of most soils as long as they are well-drained
• Slow growing

Problems

Cankers, needle blights, scale, webworm, spittlebug, shoot borer

Varieties

• Adcock's Dwarf - bonsai-esque, 3 feet upright globe form
• Glauca - blue foliage, common, long twisted needles
• Ogon Janome - variegated cultivar with bands of yellow on the needles
• Bergman - upright, compact form, twisted blue-green needles, shurb or small tree, 15 to 20 feet tall