The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Saybrook Globe eastern white pine

Family: Pinaceae (pine family)

Distribution: Species native to e. North America

Hardiness: USDA Zone 3

Life form: Evergreen tree

Comments: A recently named selection discovered as a seedling variant in northern Ohio. Maintains a densely branched, globe shape after several years. A twelve-year-old plant may be expected to reach only 3' tall and wide. Its 2" long needles are attractive medium to dark green year-round. This cultivar has held its shape well even during heavy snows. A rare plant for the conifer collector.