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Key characteristics

Family: Pinaceae
Height: 2 to 3 ft
Width: 3 to 4 ft
Flower color: Non-showy reproductive cones
Foliage color: Blue-green to chartreuse evergreen needles
Bloom time: Spring - formation of pollen and seed cones
Light: Full sun
Water: Regular
Maintenance: Low; slow-growing, compact “broom” form that rarely needs pruning
Growing zone: USDA zones 2 to 9
Wildlife: Provides year-round evergreen shelter for birds; may attract seed-foraging wildlife when cones mature

Shrubs

Pinus monticola 'Halloween Broom'

Halloween Broom Western White Pine

Pinus monticola 'Halloween Broom' is a dwarf western white pine forming a dense, rounded mound of needles. Slow growth creates tight branching, while blue-green foliage is brushed with lighter, silvery tones. As an evergreen conifer, it provides steady color and form in rock gardens, mixed borders, or containers.

Western white pine is native to the mountains of western North America, from British Columbia through the Pacific Northwest into the northern Rockies.

Light

Full sun

Water

Regular

Bloom time

Spring - formation of pollen and seed cones

Find this plant

Works well in

Sun Gardens
Rock Gardens
Containers
Bird Gardens

Companion plants

Peony · Indian hawthorn · Rock Cress · Feather reed grass · Dianthus · Glossy abelia

Design tip

Echo ‘Halloween Broom’s’ rounded silhouette elsewhere in the planting to create visual rhythm while allowing its silvery blue-green foliage to supply contrasting color and texture. The tightly branched evergreen form gives the composition a strong structural element in every season.