Product Review
Western White Pine (Pinus monticola) - a denser, narrower, and larger version of the Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus), with stiffer needles and bigger cones - grows in the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana, where, prior to over-logging, it reached its greatest size and grew in its most impressive forest stands. It is the State Tree of Idaho, and is known by many names, including Idaho White Pine, Fingercone Pine, and Silver Pine.
Like its Eastern cousin, this tree sports bundles of 5-needles (2 to 6-inches long) with white undersides. In form, Western White Pine has a narrow crown composed of regularly spaced horizontal branches with ascending tips, all built around a dark, silvery-black trunk, straight and slender. Cones are often collected as novelty items - they can grow up to 15 inches long and look like giant bananas.
Western White Pine's straight-grained, non-resinous, lightweight wood exhibits great dimensional stability and is favored for making patterns, windows, doors, and other items requiring exacting measurements and stability. Native peoples also made great use of this tree, chewing its resin, weaving baskets from its bark, and deriving from it medicine and food. Western White Pine grows rapidly to a large size, and makes a handsome ornamental for capacious yards and gardens.
About Jonsteen's Seedlings: All of our trees are seed-grown - without poison or pesticides - at our nursery on California's Redwood Coast, which is inspected monthly and licensed by the California Department of Agriculture.
About Jonsteen's 100% Guarantee: All of our trees are guaranteed to arrive healthy and in good condition. If your tree perishes, we will replace it with a small-sized seedling for just the cost of shipping/handling ($4.60).
