Western White Pine - Quart live tree seedling

Description: Pinus monticola - Western White Pine - quart Mature Height: 30 feet Aspect: half shade to full sun Hardiness Zone: USDA 4 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. Near our nursery in Southern Oregon, Western White Pines 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. 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. A large mature Western White Pine in the wild Young cones are light purple in early spring Western White Pines can be identified by their distinctive long, thin cones Attractive seed cones hanging from the tree The needles are far softer than most other other pine trees and grow in five needles per bundleShipping Information Your plants are wrapped in bundles in plastic bags and strapped in place in their shipping boxes and are mailed using either USPS or UPS. Most states require that all the soil be washed away from the roots for field grown plants which also gives us the opportunity to trim the roots into good form. The tops are pruned as needed depending on the species and size of the tree. Our handling time is 1-3 business days occasionally we skip the day before a holiday since plants will be sitting at the post office anyway.

Price: 11.99 USD

Location: Medford, Oregon

End Time: 2024-08-10T00:19:24.000Z

Shipping Cost: 11 USD