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Abies firma
- Momi Fir, or Japanese Fir
Zones 6-9 Part
shade to shade
Momi fir is one of the most heat tolerant firs. It is a good choice for southern
gardens where it grows slowly (about 12" per year on average) into a large,
broad, pyramid. Needles are a light yellowish-green color and contrast well with
other green plants. Charles Sargent thought this was the most handsome of the
Japanese Firs. First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society.
Recommended by; the United States National Arboretum.
Araucaria
araucana - Monkey Puzzle Tree
Zones 7-10 Sun to part shade
CEDRUS atlantica - Atlas Cedar
‘Glauca’
– A fast growing, pyramidal evergreen with intense silver-blue color. The most commonly grown true cedar. 8-10’ in ten years. Awards: First Class Certificate & Award of
Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: United States National Arboretum. Photos & availability
‘Glauca Pendula’ - The weeping blue Atlas Cedar is ideal for use as a novel specimen. Left to their own devices each individual plant will grow in its own curious way. Easy to stake and train into serpentine, wide spreading, or tall thin habit. Grows to 6-10’ in ten years depending on training. Recommended by: United States National Arboretum. Photos & availability
CEDRUS deodara – Deodar Cedar -
Zones 6-9
Sun to part shade
‘Aurea’
- Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society.
'Electra Blue' -
Electra Blue Himalayan Cedar is notable for its bright powdery blue
foliage, compact growth, and dense pyramidal habit. Slow growing to 7-8' tall
after 10 years.
'Divinely
Blue' - This is a small,
slow, wide growing form of Deodara Cedar with pendelous branches and bright blue
foliage. Divinely Blue develops slowly into a loose, upright, spreading, usually
flat topped tree. Grows 6-12 inches per year.
'Feelin Blue' - Feelin Blue grows in a prostrate spreading manner.
Makes a nice horizontal specimen or groundcover. Grows about 1' tall by 6' wide
after 10 years. Excellent blue color. Can be staked for height or to create a
weeping plant.
Photos & availability
'Feelin Sunny' - This
is a spreading or weeping form of the Himalayan Cedar depending on how it is
trained. Left to itself it will crawl across the ground, or stake it for a
narrow weeping style. A very dwarf conifer with golden needles. Grows 2-3' tall
and spreading 6' wide or more.
Photos & availability
'Gold Cascade' - This is a spreading or weeping form of the
Himalayan Cedar depending on how it is trained. Left to itself it will crawl
across the ground, or stake it for a narrow weeping style. A very dwarf
conifer with golden needles. Grows 4"-5" per year.
Photos & availability
'Gold Horizon' - Gold Horizon is a broad, low spreading
Himalayan Cedar with pendulous golden needles. Excellent from and color for
contrast with other conifers. After 10 years will reach 3-4' tall with a 5-6'
spread. Best golden color if grown in full sun.
Photos & availability
‘Karl
Fuchs’–
Karl Fuchs Deodar Cedar was selected at a German
nursery in the 1970's from cold hardy seeds collected in the Paktia province of
Afganistan. It was selected for cold hardiness, but it also has extremely blue
leaves, and it grows more narrow than the species. Photos & availability
'White Imp' - White Imp grows into a small mound, with new
white needles over older green leaves. It is very dwarf conifer that might reach
6' tall after 25 years.
Photos & availability
CEDRUS
libani - Cedar of Lebanon
‘Nana’
- This is a slow growing dwarf conifer that makes a conical bush, growing slightly wider
than tall. The limbs are densely and regularly
arranged and the leaf color is a pleasing gray-green that contrasts well with other green
plants. 3-4’ in ten years. Cultivated in
‘Pendula’
- This plant grows as a narrow weeper. Unusual
type of the well known biblical tree. Slow
growing with a bluish cast to the needles and the cones.
Outstanding for use as a specimen. 6-10’
in ten years. Rare. Recommended by: United States National Arboretum.
CEPHALOTAXUS
harringtonia - Japanese Plum Yew Zones 6-9 Partial shade to shade
‘Fastigata’
- Very dark green leaves are evenly arranged in spirals around the stiff erect limbs of
this of this narrow growing columnar shrub. The
branches are strongly upright with few side branches.
An excellent vertical accent that is generally easier to grow over a wide
range than similar growing Yews or Podocarpus. Grows
to 6-8’ tall in ten years. Recommended
by: Garden Clubs of America.
'Korean Gold' - Rare
golden form of Plume Yew. Grows narrowly upright with leaves evenly arranged in
spirals around the erect limbs. The branches are strongly upright with few side
branches. New growth is yellow aging to dark green. Slow growing to 5' after
many years.
Photos & availability
‘Prostrata’
- A prostrate, wide growing shrub. Much easier
to grow than true yews. Grows well in shade
and beneath trees. The wild form of this plant
is originally from
'Yewtopia' - New, from
the Southern Living Plant Collection, Yewtopia grows in a wide spreading vase
shape eventually reaching 3-4' tall by 3-4' wide.
Photos & availability
CHAMAECYPARIS - False
obtusa - Hinoki Cypress Zones 5-8 Sun to partial shade
Typically a
tall growing pyramid with dark glossy scale-like leaves.
Hinoki cypress and its varieties are some of the easiest conifers to grow,
and are quite versitile to many conditions. 6-10’
in ten years.
‘Aurea
Nana’
- This will grow into an irregular upright shape. Foliage
is twisted and fan-shaped and has strong golden colors throughout the year. Not ot be confused with ‘Nana Aurea’
which is more pyramidal and less golden. 2-3’
in ten years. Recommended by: United States
National Arboretum
‘Blue
Feathers’-
A very recent introduction, Blue Feathers retains a juvenile type foliage and has an
upward twisting growth habit that reveals a distinct bluish underside. A compact grower whose eventual size is yet to be
determined. 5-6(?)’ in ten years.
‘Chabo
Yidari’
– A distinctive dwarf shrub, narrowly upright and irregular in growth with both adult
and juvenile leaves appearing on the same plant. An
unusual cultivar originating in
‘Confucius’
- Confucious has bright golden new foliage and dark green older foliage. It grows into a dense somewhat irregular cone. It has a reputation of being more cold tolerant
than other Hinoki Cypress. 4-5’ in ten
years. Originated in
‘Crippsii’-
This hinoki cypress grows slowly into a large conical shape.
Growth is loose and airy, with frond-like foliage covered in a rich golden
color. Hilliers says this is "one of the
loveliest and most elegant of small golden conifers." 6-10’ in ten years. Awards: First Class Certificate & Award of
Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: United States National Arboretum
‘Filicoides’
- Fernspray Hinoki Cypress- A longtime favorite with our customers. Twisting, pendulous, frond-like branches grow on
this large, open growing plant. Capable of
growing 25’ tall in time, it is usually easily pruned to a smaller size. Deserves a space in every garden. Very unusual and sure to draw comments from your
visitors. 5-8’ in ten years. Recommended by: United States National Arboretum.
‘Gracilis’
- Medium sized, compact pyramid. Dark green,
with graceful pendulous branches. Steady
grower eventually reaching 15’ in old age. Similar
to the species but smaller and more compact. One
of the best. 5-8’ in ten years.
‘Kerdalo’
- An irregular, broad spreading shrub with foliage highlighted in pale yellow, nearly
identical to that of 'Crippsii'. Keraldo was
originally discovered in the
‘Kosteri’
- Exemplary rock garden plant. A dwarf conifer
with moss green leaves and lush habit. Leaves
twist giving this plant a unique coral-like look. Slow
and small growing but might reach 1-2’ in ten years; 4-5’ tall after 25+ years. Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America.Photos & availability
'Lynn's
Gold’-
‘Mariesii’
- Soft foliage with white tips highlight this excellent slow growing dwarf Hinoki Cypress. Eventually it will make a small loose growing cone
shaped bush. Some shade is preferable. 2-3’ in ten years.
‘Meroke’
- An
excellent narrow upright dwarf conifer with golden yellow foliage. Grows 3-6” per year forming a narrow column
only 3-5’ tall after 10 years. Golden
foliage does not scald in full sun. Photos & availability
‘Nana
Gracilis’
- Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America, United
States National Arboretum.
‘Nana
Lutea’
- A very dwarf hinoki with excellent golden color that holds throughout the year. Looks like a piece of golden coral growing in your
garden. Rare and much in demand because of
small size and color. A good bonsai subject. 2’ in ten years.
Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America.
‘Reis
Dwarf’
- This is an upright growing that has a very irregular aspect. It is an excellent choice for pruning into unsual
shapes in the garden or for bonsai. A dwarf
conifer growing only 2-3’ in ten years.
‘Repens’
- This dwarf conifer is a wide spreader. It
has an excellent green foliage that does not turn bronze-green. Excellent in the rock garden or in foundation
plantings. 2- 3’ spd. in ten years, eventually making a flattened globe only
2’ tall by 4’ wide.
‘
‘Torulosa’
- Distinct! New foliage emerges in cockscomb-like growths.
Stems are orange colored and foliage is very dark green. Growth habit is irregular but the basic shape is a
broad pyramid. A semi-dwarf eventually
reaching 8-10’, but only after a long period of time.
3-5’ in ten years.
‘Torulosa
Nana’-
A very slow somewhat irregular growing pyramid with twisted and contorted branches and
dark green foliage. The habit is very dwarf
and it would make an outstanding curosity in many situations. 2-2’ in ten years.
pisifera - Sawara Cypress Zones 4-8
Sun to partial shade
‘Blue
Mound’
– This
is a sport from Chamaecyparis p. 'Squarrosa
Intermedia’. Its new growth is bright
blue ageing to a steely blue color. New growth
emerges in very long rope like projections that are then filled in with later growth
flushes. Makes this a great plant for training
into topiary.Photos & availability
‘Boulevard’
- Pale blue upright column that is a knockout in the landscape. Juvinelle plants and foliage show the color the
most intense. Few conifers (or any other
plants) can offer such an intense blue color in your garden.
Grows 5-6’ in ten years. Unpruned
plants are slow growing, reaching only 12-15’ after many years and developing more of
a tree-like identity. Awards: Award of Garden
Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: Garden Clubs of America, United States National Arboretum.
‘Creamball’
-
‘Filifera
Aurea Nana’
- This very different plant has pendulous, thin, golden, whip-like leaves and branches. The plant itself grows into a haystack-like mound. Has a soft look and feel about it that is missing
from many other conifers. A delightful plant,
and one of our favorites for many years. Considered
a dwarf (in comparison to it’s larger growing relatives) but will make 3-4’ of
growth in ten years and can grow 10 foot or more given enough time and space.
‘Filifera
Aureovariegata’ -
‘Filifera
Sungold’ -
‘Golden
Mop’
– This is a smaller growing version of the Golden Threadleaf Cypress - with brighter
golden color than the other cultivars. Leaves
are stringy and cord-like forming a tight globose mound.
Excellent in rock gardens, foundation plantings, or massing in large groups
for spectacular effect. Unusual foliage stumps
most gardeners’ ability to identify this curious but useful plant. Very much in demand due to small size and excellent
color. 2-3’ in ten years. Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the Royal
Horticultural Society.
'Juniperiodes Aurea'
– This is a dense globular dwarf with soft with somewhat golden foliage in the spring
turning all green in the summer. A small
plant, but it reaches its mature size fairly quickly.
2-3’ in ten years.
‘Plumossa
Compressa’-
Very small growing gray-green globe. Soft,
tight, growth makes an exquiste plant for formal settings, pots, or rock garden. One of the first plants we would recommend for
anyone beginning a dwarf conifer collection. A
plant with character. Awards: Award of Merit
from the Royal Horticultural Society. 2-
2’ in ten years.
‘Snow’
- Blue-gray leaves tipped white highlight this dwarf spreader. A dwarf conifer, it needs some shade as white
tips may scald in full sun. Snow is soft to
the touch. Excellent for contrast with green
plants used alone or in groups. 2- 2’
in ten years. Photos & availability
'Squarrosa
Dumosa’
– Another dense globe shaped False Cypress that forms a dense bush about 3 foot tall. Good gray-green foliage with a touch of bronze in
the center of the plants in winter. Discovered
at the Berlin Botanic Garden around 1890.
'Squarrosa
Intermedia’-
New
growth is very blue in color which is unusual for this group. A good grower reaching 6-10’ after 10 to 15
years. Recommended by: the Garden Clubs of
'Squarrosa
Lutea’-
thyoides - White Cedar Zones 3-8 Sun to partial shade
‘Aurea’
-
‘Compact Glauca’
- Pleasant
blue color on a tight growing upright plant. Smaller and more compact growing than the
species. 5-6’ in 10 years.Photos & availability
‘Glauca
Pendula’
- Good silvery blue foliage covers this broad spreading upright pyramid. Graceful weeping branches add a willowy touch to
the conifer garden. 6-8’ in ten years.
‘Heather
Bun’
-Excellent soft feathery plumes of olive-green with a plum colored overtone on a round
topped shrub. Often (and easily) it is pruned
to size. Grows 4-5’ in ten years, but
left unchecked it may grow 6-10’ tall and 4-5’ wide over time. Purple color is increased in winter making this an
excellent plant for contrast with golden and green colored conifers.
‘Little
Jamie’
- Little Jamie Atlantic Cedar grows into a slender cone.
It is a dwarf conifer that only grows 3-4’ in ten years. Dark green foliage turns purple in the winter.
‘Red
Star’
- Red Star is one of the strongest growing plants in this group, eventually reaching
15-20’ tall in 25 years. The habit is
columnar and dense with a bluish-green color in summer, turning plum-purple in cold
weather. The leaves retain a juvenile form and
are soft and feathery.
‘Top
Point’
- This
is a very tight growing dwarf that develops into a small cone. Foliage is all juvenile and bright green. Matures around 4’ tall. Very new introduction, but proving to be one of the best cultivars in this family.Photos & availability
columnar
form
- We have not been able to positively identify this cultivar, but we highly recommend it. We have observed it for many years and can tell you
that it will reach 6-8’ tall or more and still be only 2’ wide in 10 years. The leaves are ‘heather-like’’
sea-green, and soft to the touch; turning plum colored in winter.Photos & availability
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