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Conifers

Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
Conifer LARIX decidua ‘Prag’ European Larch

Soft green needles grow on this airy shrub, turning bright gold in fall. The branching forms a rounded shape good for smaller gardens.

4-6 feet Full sun 2
Conifer LARIX decidua ‘Puli’ Weeping Larch

A flat ground cover form.  If staked, a narrow weeping tree similar to L. ‘Pendula’, but with denser and lighter green foliage.

Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer LARIX decidula ‘Pendula Prostrate Form’ Prostrate European Larch

This deciduous conifer makes a great ground cover with soft needles that turn bright gold in fall before dropping.

12-36 inches Full Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides ‘Bizzarger’ Dawn Redwood

Semi dwarf cultivar with twisting branches and foliage.

4-6 feet Full Sun/Part Shade 5
Conifer METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides ‘Gold Dawn’ Dawn Redwood

Narrow upright form with sprays of bright chartreuse yellow in spring maturing to golden yellow before turning rich shades of orange in fall.

70-80 feet Sun 5
Conifer METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides ‘Miss Grace’ Weeping Dawn Redwood

This small deciduous conifer with graceful weeping branches can reach 10’ tall by 3’ wide if staked. Refined gray-green foliage in summer, very strong orange in autumn. 

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 5
Conifer METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides ‘North Light’ Dawn Redwood

A dense-growing, ball-shaped formed with cream flecked needles.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 5
Conifer METASEQUOIA Glyptostroboides ‘Soul Fire’ Dawn Redwood

A gorgeous color-changing deciduous conifer. Starting out bright gold with a rosy-orange flush changing to all gold then moving into brilliant orange in fall. More compact than the specie making it easier to fit into a landscape.

15-20 feet Full Sun/Part Shade 4
Conifer MICROBIOTA decussata Russian Cypress

Feathery growth on drooping branch tips. Tolerant of shade and dry conditions. Bright green in summer, bronze in winter. Low, spreading. We’ll also have some trained as standards. Grows 1 foot high by 8 feet wide.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Acrocona’ Norway Spruce

A slower-growing upright form with large cones upright on the branch ends. Forms a broad pyramid.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Catherine’s Golden Heart’ Dwarf Norway Spruce

From a cross between P. ‘Acrocona’ and P. ‘Gold Drift’ by Bob Fincham, this variety has gold  foliage on pendulous branches and red cones.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Clanbrassiliana Stricta’ Norway Spruce

Beautifully compact pyramidal form like a miniature Christmas tree.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Cupressina’ Norway Spruce

Dense and narrow this is a great conifer where space is limited. Grows 20 feet tall, but only 5 feet wide in 20 years.

Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer Picea abies ‘Dandylion’ Norway Spruce

Bright red cones at the end of brilliant arching yellow new growth.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Elegans’ Dwarf Norway Spruce

A slow spreading form with an irregular rounded habit.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Farnsburg’ Weeping Norway Spruce

A weeping cultivar with short green needles and denser habit than P. abies ‘Pendula’.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Gold Drift’ Weeping Norway Spruce

A gold-needled weeping cultivar!  Stake for height.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Goldenrods’ Norway Spruce

A pyramidal, bright yellow Norway Spruce found as a result of the intentional cross of ‘Acrocona’ and ‘Gold Drift’.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Gregoryana Parsonii’ Dwarf Norway Spruce

An especially slow growing form with an irregular mounding habit.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer Picea abies ‘Kluis’ Dwarf Norway Spruce

Irregularly-shaped, tight, multi-branched habit; Slow-growing dwarf,  with a globose shape when young, later developing a leader and becoming a small upright tree. Needles are short and dark green.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Lanham’s Beehive’ Dwarf Norway Spruce

The glaucous needles are longer and thicker than other dwarf Norway spruce. Twigs cinnamon-colored. Forms a compact mound.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Lemon Flare’ Dwarf Norway Spruce

Another Bob Fincham intro, a low-spreading form with bright golden yellow foliage.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Medusa’ Dwarf Norway Spruce

A miniature witch’s broom from P. ‘Acrocona’ with tiny, slightly twisted branches and tiny cones.

Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Pendula’ Weeping Norway Spruce

Very pendulous branches, must be staked to obtain height desired. Always a much admired specimen.

Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Perry’s Gold’ Gold Norway Spruce

Gold new growth fading to green on a conical dwarf.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Sherwood Compact’ Norway Spracy

A compact form that is dense and pyramidal.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Tompa’ Dwarf Norway Spruce

Adorable little dwarf with irregular. pyramidal habit. Great for the rock garden or trough.

Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA abies ‘Wartburg’ Weeping Norway Spruce

Robust, upright, weeping; has a dominant central leader and irregular branching, some weep directly downward and others stray in odd directions. Young branchlets have distinctive orange bark.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA engelmannii ‘Blue Magoo’ Engelmann Spruce

A compact gray-blue foliage form with a dense, symmetrical habit.  Striking blue new growth is pendulous.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PICEA engelmannii ‘Low Blow’ Engelmann Spruce

Compact, pyramidal form with blue/green needles and draping cones.

3-4 feet Full sun 3
Conifer Picea glauca ‘Blue Teardrop’ Dwarf White Spruce

A tight-growing dwarf with small blue-gray needles and an upright habit. Syn. with Picea mariana ‘Blue Teardrop’.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA glauca ‘Jean’s Dilly’ Dwarf Alberta Spruce

An Alberta Spruce with unique twisted new growth and very tight habit. Protect from winter sun and wind.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA glauca ‘Pendula’ Weeping White Spruce

This cultivar has stiffly downward hanging branches of bluish-green. Habit is very narrow.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA glauca ‘Yukon Blue’ White Spruce

A tight-growing semi-dwarf form with short blue-gray needles. Forms a narrow pyramid.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA mariana ‘Aureovariegata’ Black Spruce

Blue-gray foliage overlayed with gold on top of all horizontal surfaces. Habit is pyramidal.

Large (over 12 inches/year) Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA omorika ‘Nana’ Dwarf Serbian Spruce

Slow-growing, from a bun shape to a conical compact shrub about 5′. Recurved needles show bluish reverse.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA omorika ‘Pendula Bruns’ Weeping Serbian Spruce

A narrow-growing German selection with pendulous branches.

Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 4
Conifer PICEA orientalis ‘Tom Thumb’ Oriental Spruce

Bright gold needles on layered branches. Low mounding form.

Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 5
Conifer PICEA pungens ‘Baby Blue Eyes’ Blue Spruce

Dense upright semi-dwarf with intense blue color.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PICEA pungens ‘Blue Pearl’ Dwarf Blue Spruce

A slow-growing dwarf, rounded at first, later developing the true spruce shape with bright blue foliage.

Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. Full sun 3
Conifer PICEA pungens ‘Dietz Prostrate’ Weeping Blue Spruce

A pendulous form with good blue color. Stake for height.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year) Full sun 3
Conifer PICEA pungens ‘Gebelle’s Golden Spring’ Blue Spruce

Bright yellow new growth contrasts with the mature blue-green foliage.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year) Sun 3
Conifer PICEA pungens ‘Glauca Procumbens’ Prostrate Blue Spruce

An irregular, ground-hugging form with powder blue needles and some ascending branches.

1 foot tall by 8 feet wide Full sun 3
Conifer PICEA pungens ‘Maigold’ Blue Spruce

Bright yellow spring growth on this dense growing pyramid contrasts with the older blue-green foliage.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PICEA pungens ‘St. Mary’s Broom’ Dwarf Blue Spruce

A dwarf, blue, bun-shaped selection, this slow-growing plant has relatively long, widely angled needles.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PICEA pungens ‘Walnut Glen’ Blue Spruce

Upright pyramidal tree with golden-yellow over powder blue needles.

Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PINUS banksiana ‘Schoodic’ Dwarf Jack Pine

A mat-forming selection with short, emerald green needles. Very hardy and adaptable.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PINUS banksiana ‘Uncle Fogy’ Weeping Jack Pine

A pendulous form with widely undulating branches. Grows 2 feet tall by 10 feet wide.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PINUS cembra ‘Blue Mound’ Dwarf Swiss Stone Pine

Deep rich blue-green foliage on a mounding plant.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PINUS cembra ‘J4 Compact’ Dwarf Swiss Stone Pine

Not much information on this new selection!

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Full sun 4