Red Pine

Red Pine

• Grow to a height of 35 – 60 feet
  
• Zone 3 hardy.
  
• Its shiny dark green needles grow in bunches of two and are between 10 and 16 centimetres long.
  
• The trunk of the red pine is usually slender and straight.
  
• It’s called “red” pine because its bark is reddish to pink in colour.
  
• Wood from the red pine has been used to make poles and pilings and as structural timber because of its strength.