| Scientific Name: | Pinus parviflora |
| Common Name: | Japanese white pine |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Forestry, Specimen plant, Tall background, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Fascicles, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Acicular, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct-Nov, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Needles 5 per fascicle, (3-)4-6cm long x 0.8mm wide, stiff and twisted, finely toothed, appear in brush-like tuft on branches, glossy bluish-green color; seed cones 1-10, crowded on upper part of new shoots, ovoid or elliptic-ovoid, maturing 6-8cm long x 3-3.5cm wide, resinous, persistant for many years; seeds obovoid, blackish, 8-10mm long x 6-7mm wide; wings short, 3-7mm long x 8mm wide. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_parviflora.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |