Organic Gardening Tips and Methods A Guide To Trees Dwarf Conifers Dwarf conifers are valuable plants, especially for the small garden, requiring little attention and providing year-round interest. They can be planted as features in their own right, displaying their varied shapes, habits and often striking colours, or, in a/the rock garden, for example, to provide scale or act as a foil for other plants such as bulbs. Several species and cultivars are spreading and good for ground cover. Most conifers are suited to a wide range of growing conditions, although Cedrus and Juniperus do not tolerate shade and Juniperus and Pinus are best for dry, sandy soils. Most Abies, Taxus, Thuja and Tsuga are particularly tolerant of shade. Some species may be clipped to form a low hedge but new growth seldom occurs from wood more than 3 or 4 years old. A List of Conifers, • Picea pungens Montgomery, • Thuja occidentalis Hetz Midget, • Juniperus squamata Holga, # • Abies lasiocarpa var arizonica Compacta, # • Picea x mariorika Gnom, • Thuja occidentalis Caespitosa, ! • Juniperus procumbens Nana, # • Abies lasiocarpa Roger Watson, • Pinus sylvestris Doone Valley, • Juniperus x pfitzeriana Glauca, • Microbiota decussata, # • Juniperus horizontalis Turquoise Spreader, • Picea mariana Nana, # • Abies concolor Compacta, # • Juniperus scopulorum Springbank, • Juniperus sabina Mas, • Abies balsamea Nana, • Podocarpus nivalis, • Juniperus virginiana Grey Owl, # • Juniperus squamata Chinese Silver, • Juniperus scopulorum Skyrocket, • Abies cephalonica Meyers Dwarf, • Juniperus sabina Cupressifolia, • Juniperus horizontalis Douglasii, • Juniperus squamata Blue Star, # • Juniperus chinensis Stricta, • Juniperus procumbens, • Pseudotsuga menziesii Fretsii, • Juniperus recurva Densa, • Juniperus communis Hibernica, # • Thuja plicata Collyers Gold, ! • Chamaecyparis obtusa Nana Pyramidalis, ! • Platycladus orientalis Aurea Nana, ! # • Juniperus sabina var tamariscifolia, • Picea abies Gregoryana, • Thuja occidentalis Filiformis, ! • Picea abies Ohlendorffii, • Chamaecyparis obtusa Intermedia, ! • Juniperus chinensis Expansa Variegata, • Picea abies Reflexa, • Juniperus x pfitzeriana Wilhelm Pfitzer, # • Cedrus libani Sargentii, • Juniperus x pfitzeriana Aurea, • Chamaecyparis obtusa Tetragona Aurea, • Abies nordmanniana Golden Spreader, # • Pinus sylvestris Watereri, • Pinus heldreichii Smidtii, # • Pinus heldreichii Compact Gem, • Juniperus chinensis Plumosa Aurea, # • Taxus baccata Aurea Group, ! • Tsuga canadensis Aurea, • Pseudotsuga menziesii Oudemansii, • Platycladus orientalis Semperaurea, ! • Cryptomeria japonica Spiralis, • Taxus baccata Dovastonii Aurea, ! # • Thuja plicata Stoneham Gold, # • Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Gnom, ! • Juniperus chinensis Blue and Gold, • Chamaecyparis pisifera Filifera Aurea, ! # • Cryptomeria japonica Elegans Compacta, # • Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Minima, ! • Picea glauca var albertiana Conica, # • Cryptomeria japonica Sekkan-sugi, • Pinus sylvestris Aurea, ! # • Pinus sylvestris Gold Coin, Note; All plants with the ! symbol, indicates that the plant is toxic, All plants with the # symbol are RHS Award winning plants. NOTE; All information given coincides and complies to the guidelines of The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)....
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