| General Description | Variable in form because of propagation from a variety of sources. Loosely encircled to rounded form with soft needles. |
| ID Characteristic | Smalls plants composed of long needles in bunches of 2-5. Produces cones in early years. |
| Shape | Compact, shrubby, mounded, irregularly branched, and spreading. Very small and rounded. |
| Landscape | Makes a good specimen plant. It can also be used as a low informal hedge for mass planting. It is not salt tolerant. |
| Propagation | Grafting onto P. stobus understock. |
| Cultivation | Prefers full sun but can grow in partial shade. Likes sandy, loamy soils. Irrigate until established. Once established it is drought resistant. |
| Pests | May be susceptible to white pine adelgid, aphids, bark beetle and root-rot if growing conditions are not suitable. Not tolerant to pollution and salt. |
| Notable Specimens | The Gardens of Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada. The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Dark grey–brown bark. Weak wooded. Deep rectangular plates. |
| Leaf Description | Foliage is medium in texture. Long needle leaves, in fascicles of 2–5, but typically 5, needles are 3–5 cm long. |
| Flower Description | Not showy; monoecious, with staminate flowers in clustered yellow catkins, pistillate flowers as pink immature cones, in April and early May. |
| Fruit Description | Cones are slightly curved, red–brown in colour and 3-5 cm long. They hang from the branches end and are pendulous in nature. The scales on the cone are thin. |
| Colour Description | Dark green to silvery-blue needles. Dark grey–brown bark. |
| Texture Description | Coarse. |
