This dense, spreading evergreen shrub has glossy green, long narrow foliage that sets off clusters of small white, fragrant flowers in May followed by red fruit in summer and fall Dependable and great looking year round. Glossy foliage is striking. Fragrant spring bloom repeats during the summer. Perfect for border grouping and for foundation use, attracts birds

This dense, spreading evergreen shrub has glossy green, long narrow foliage that sets off clusters of small white, fragrant flowers in May. Repeat blooming sporadically through the year. Dependable and great-looking year round. Glossy foliage is striking. Fragrant spring bloom repeats during the summer. Perfect for massing on borders and good for foundation use.

White Pine is one of our area’s standout native evergreen trees. ‘Torulosa’ puts a new twist on this old time favorite with curled, twisted needles that cover the plant and give it a different look and texture that is subtle but readily apparent in the landscape. The needles are soft and carry the same pleasing blue-green tinge that is one of White Pine’s most agreeable characteristics but they corkscrew with 2 or more twists and give the tree and fuller, more fluffy look that the species. Like its regular needled parent, ‘Torulosa’ is a large, rapidly growing tree that performs well in full sun or partial shade so give lots of room and let your neighbors comment about this easy to grow, showy novelty.

A delightful, dense, dwarf selection from the research of Dr. Sid Waxman at the University of Connecticut, ‘Soft Touch’ is a Cary Award recipient for good reason. Its growth habit and slow growth speed make it perfect for small space use while its short, thin, wavy needles, tightly packed on close-knit branches make you want to reach out and touch them. You’ll love this plant’s soft feel and great landscape look and the fact that it is so easy to grow, prospering nicely in any sunny location with moist, well-drained soil

‘Sea Urchin’ may be the ideal Dwarf White Pine for a small space garden because it is one of the slowest, most miniature growing selections available. Incredible deep blue-green color that will thrive in a fully sunny or partial shady area. Along with its beauty, this little wonder is tough, surviving the coldest winters and harshest winds without a problem. 

Famous for his groundbreaking work with dwarf White Pines from witch’s brooms, the late Sid Waxman from the University of Connecticut introduced this low, irregular, half-upright spreader with long needled, unruly branches in 1993. This new favorite breaks the mold of many of his dense, tight, inpenetrable selections to give us a more open, highly textured plant that is more relaxed, free-form and airy. This sweet textured beauty is perfect for a large location where it can look its ‘Shaggy Dog’ best, anchoring any sunny, well drained location by growing into a spectacularly different, year round beautiful specimen.

The Weeping Eastern White Pine is a plant that will take on an individual personality depending on the kind of landscape situation in which it is placed. If you are looking for a wide, flowing specimen, this is the plant for you as it only attains the height that you train it to reach. The rest of the branches flow and cascade like a branching waterfall of curving, pendulous branches covered with soft textured, long green needles. It makes an incredible landscape focal point in a place where you can provide it room to move and shine. Weeping White Pine loves full sun and well-drained, moist soils and requires only a little staking artistry on your part to provide years of ooohs and aaahs!

The softness and beauty of white pine foliage is stunning in this landscape friendly form that is dense and globose. Medium green needles whorled around branches add great texture.

Another introduction of the late Dr. Sydney Waxman of the University of Connecticut, ‘Connecticut Slate’ is a dense, spreading, quicker growing Dwarf White Pine that feautures gray-blue colored needles that make it stand out from the many other varieties on the market currently. The medium length, slate colored needles are tightly packed along the stems giving ‘Connecticut Slate’ a full appearance even though it is not as tightly dwarf as other types. It’s a great plant for a border area, thriving in full sun or partial shade, and it makes a beautiful specimen for a larger foundation area with color and form that is truly memorable.

Straight from the work of the late Dr. Sid Waxman at the University of Connecticut comes this beautiful, compact pine that just begs you to touch and feel it every time you see it. Soft, bluish-green needles are shorter than the needles of the species and are crowded together on tightly bunched stems to create a tight, yet very soft looking rounded mound that only grows about 4″ per year. ‘Blue Shag’ will retain its round form and become a landscape focal point, so be sure to give it enough room to spread and plant it in a sunny site with moist, well-drained soil so that you can enjoy it to its fullest.