Scientific name: Pinus parviflora

Common name: Japanese white pine

Family name: Pinaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 15-22m tall, 5-7m wide

Form: pyramidal, upright.

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: needle-like. Fascicles.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: brown cones; persistent and showy.

Limitations: needs space to grow as branches go to ground

Suitable uses: good for habitat. Good for variety of soil types, can grow on slab and containers

Quick ID: conifer. Tree. Evergreen. North America. Needle-like. Fascicles (needles born in bundles, coating that covers these bundles). Bluish/dark green colour of needles. Needles 4-6cm long; in groups of 5 (unique). Flexible needles, twisted. Small cone compared to other pines.