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| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICEA abies ‘Paul’s Select’ | Norway Spruce | A blue-needled Norway spruce! It grows into a dense pyramid. |
Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. | 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 ‘Pusch’ | Dwarf Norway Spruce | A slow-growing cultivar with a dwarf mounding habit. Attractive red-purple cones are held on the tips of the branches. |
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 | ||
| PICEA pungens ‘Straw’ | Blue Spruce | Lime-green foliage is flushed creamy gold in spring. Habit is pyramidal. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | 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 | ||
| PICEA pungens ‘Wendy’ | Blue Spruce | A dense pyramidal form with rich blue foliage. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | PINELLIA tripartita ‘Free Tibet’ | Green Dragon | An interesting Asian cousin to our native Jack-in-the-Pulpit. With yellow and green irregularly variegated foliage that’s topped all summer with 18″ tall flower spikes with maroon spathe interiors. |
14-18" | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| 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 | ||
| PINUS cembra ‘Glauca’ | Swiss Stone Pine | A compact, conical selection with soft blue-green needles. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | 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 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS cembra ‘Ortler’ | Dwarf Swiss Stone Pine | A miniature form with blue-green needles and rounded to pyramidal habit. |
Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS cenbra ‘Westerstede’ | Long soft needles cover this Swiss Stone Pine giving it a full and fluffy look. It has a beautiful pyramidal form and interesting cones. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Conifer | PINUS contorta ‘Taylor’s Sunburst’ | Lodgepole Pine | Striking spring foliage is bright yellow turning a nice green during the summer. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun | 5 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS densiflora ‘Edsal Wood’ | Japanese Red Pine | A flattened little bun perfect for the rock garden. |
18-24" | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS densiflora ‘Jane Kluis’ | Dwarf Japanese Red Pine | Dwarf and globose in habit. Beautiful bright green needles. Syn. with Pinus densithunbergii. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | 5 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS densiflora ‘Low Glow’ | Dwarf Japanese Red Pine | A flat-topped, low-growing form with lime green needles. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | 5 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS densiflora ‘Vibrant’ | Dwarf Japanese Red Pine | Forms a tight, flat 2’x2′ mound with bright, small green needles. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year) 3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | 5 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS flexilis ‘Cesarini Blue’ | Limber Pine | Brighter blue foliage and a more compact habit than the more familiar P. ‘Vanderwolf Pyramid’. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Conifer | Pinus flexilis ‘Comanche’ | Limber Pine | Dwarf, slow growing pine. Very hardy and forms an interesting shape as it matures. Deer resistant |
2-3’ H x 3-4’ W | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS flexilis ‘Extra Blue’ | Excellent blue color on the slightly twisted needles. Vigorous and fast growing with beautiful cones. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Conifer | PINUS flexilis ‘Vanderwolf’s Pyramid’ | Limber Pine | A large pyramidal tree with upright branching and soft, twisted blue-green needles. Candle new growth to keep a denser habit. |
Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS heldreichii (leucodermis) ‘Banderica’ | Bosnian Pine | White resinous buds over bright green needles on this dwarf pyramidal pine. |
3-4 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS koraiensis ‘Blue Ball’ | Dwarf Korean Pine | A dwarf form with rounded habit and beautiful blue foliage. |
Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS koraiensis ‘Silveray’ | Korean Pine | Upright blue form with extra large cones. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS heldreichii (leucodermis)‘Smidtii’ | Dwarf Bosnian Pine | Cute, lime-green bun-shaped miniature Bosnian pine. Very slow growing. Great for the rock garden. 10’ at 100 years!! |
Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. | Sun | 5 | ||
| Conifer | PINUS mugo ‘Butternut’ | A cute miniature pine with bright gold needles. Very compact and slow growing. Perfect for a sunny rock garden. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||||
| Conifer | PINUS mugo ‘Little Goldstar’ | Dwarf Mugo Pine | A very slow-growing pine with golden yellow foliage that is most intense in winter. Habit is mounding. |
Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 2 |