Great Trees to Consider Planting in Your Yard This Spring

Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) makes a welcome addition to any garden where space is available. Although the species can reach 50 to 80 feet tall and 20 to 40 feet wide, some upright and weeping cultivars that require much less space. With the species or a select cultivar, you’ll enjoy the fine, soft, blue-green needles.

Eastern white pine trees make a great screen. Or plant one as a specimen. It self-mulches with its own needles, so there’s never a weed problem beneath mature trees. It’s hardy in Zones 3 through 8.