Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic 

Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine) at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in October.
Photo © Elaine Mills

Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine) needles in October.
Photo © Elaine Mills

Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine) bark and trunk in October.
Photo © Mary Free

Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine) female cones in October.
Photo © Mary Free

Eastern White Pine is the largest conifer of forests in the eastern and upper midwestern United States. It is common in the Virginia mountains and is native to Northern Virginia except to Arlington. It neither abides the air pollution of urban and more populated areas nor salt spray, but given the right environment and enough room to grow, this conifer will become a magnificent specimen. Learn more . . .