| General Description | Tall and wide with grey-green coloured bark. Grows symmetrically, upright and loosely pyramidal. |
| ID Characteristic | A strong single leader growing upright and pyramidal quite fast. Needles are held in fasicles of 5 and are blue-green in colour. |
| Shape | Broadly pyramidal, but loose becoming more so with time. |
| Landscape | It may be used as a focal point, hedge, screen or windbreak, although it may be prone to salt desiccation when planted close to busy roads. |
| Propagation | Scion grafting, using Pinus strobus as an understock. Usually grafted in late winter (February to early March). |
| Cultivation | Well drained light soils, does not tolerate salt. |
| Notable Specimens | The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Bark is thin and easily damaged. Grey-green in colour and becomes grey-brown with age. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Alternate, red coloured buds. |
| Leaf Description | 5 needle fasicle that grows to be 10 cm long, very thin: not stiff. |
| Flower Description | Flowers in clustered yellow catkins and pistillate flowers in pink immature cones. |
| Fruit Description | Narrow green cones 15 cm in length maturing to brown with silvery resinous tips in its second year and becoming slightly curved; typical of the parent species. |
| Colour Description | Grey-green colour bark with yellow flowers and green needles. |
| Texture Description | Fine texture. |
