Pine tree needles have a flush of growth only once a year, in the spring. Usually in April, prominent terminal buds emerge, and as they push out new growth, it looks like candles on a candelabrum.

White pines don't make the best screening evergreens because they're more open in habit than most. However, removing the "leader" and regularly shearing them can encourage more denseness.

Cones remain on the tree for two years. Eastern white pine trees typically grow to between 65 and 100 feet tall, but can exceed 150 feet tall in old growth forests. This species prefers acidic, moist ...

Eastern White Pine can be identified by needles that occur in groups of five and are about four inches long. Typically the needles remain on the tree for about 2 ½ years and then yellow and drop ...

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - Growth for trees such as red oak and white pine trees is likely to lag next year because of the severe drought, a University of New Hampshire researcher said. Heidi Asbjornsen ...

Most of us are probably within arm’s length of a piece of Pinus strobus secondary xylem, more casually called white pine wood. Skip to main content Skip to main ...

Eastern white pine trees don’t have needles on their inner branches, but this year’s new growth at the tips of all the branches is green and lush. Each year, last year’s needles turn yellow ...

Danielson said what he really treasures from his 'Bigfoot' experience wasn't finding the tree itself, but getting to enjoy the 550-acre old-growth white pine forest he found it in.