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Loblolly Pine

Pinus taeda

 Loblolly Pine Container
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  At A Glance   15 gallon $  100.00 $ 60.00

 * Subject to grower availability
Height / Width: 90' / 30'   30 gallon $  200.00  $100.00  ** Does not include tax and delivery
Bloom Time: Early Spring   45 gallon $  350.00 $175.00
Soil Type: Loam; Well-drained; Moist; Acid; Neutral   65 gallon $  550.00  $275.00
Light: Sun; Partial Shade 100 gallon $  800.00  $400.00
Grower's Notes: 200 gallon $1600.00 $800.00
Loblolly Pine is the most commonly encountered pine in Texas. It forms extensive forests in the eastern part of the state and is widely planted for timber and landscape purposes. Pyramidal when young, it becomes oval as it gets older and has an open, irregular silhouette when mature. It becomes a large, stately evergreen tree with a thick trunk and branches.

The light green needles are 5 to 9 inches long, in bundles of 3. Blooming in early spring the flowers are yellowish cones 1/2 - 1 inch long at branch tips. The resulting pine cones are brown and 3 - 6 inches long. The seeds are an important wildlife food.

Very similar in appearance to Slash Pine, young Loblolly Pines tend to have more branches and shorter needles. Cones of the Loblolly Pine are more prickly and hold onto the tree longer than Slash Pine.

It is the fastest growing of all southern pines. It can grow in occasionally wet areas and is adaptable to many different soil types, although it tends to get chloritic in alkaline soils. It is drought tolerant once established.