Red Pine
- Botanical Name
- Pinus resinosa
- Hardiness
- Zones 2 to 5
- Height
- 50 to 80 feet
- Width
- Variable
- Fruit
- Ovoid, 2" light brown cone
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Dry, loose, sandy, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Transplant as balled and burlap
- Not salt tolerant
- Problems
- White pine blister, rust, pine weevil, cankers, needle blights, red pine scale, webworm, spittlebug, shoot borer
- Varieties
- Don Smith - cones purple when young, dwarf, rounded
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