It makes an excellent slow dense column with creamy yellow new shoots. Lovely butter yellow foliage in summer and creamy yellow in winter. It is considered to be one of the smallest of the "Ellwoodii" types Branching is dense and tight and foliage is a nice powder-blue in color. Superficially, it resembles a broken Roman column, colored blue. In colder parts of the world, foliage will assume more of a purple cast in winterĬhamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoods Pygmy'Ī dwarf, upright, columnar selection of Lawson cypress. Vibrant striking, steel-blue juvenile foliage on reddish stems. The cultivar 'Prostrata' has a low growing spreading mounding habit. Needles are soft gold all year around nice contrast with other conifersĪn evergreen, needled shrub or small tree in the Taxaceae (yew) family. Powder blue foliage branches look like angel wingsĮxceptional, dense, finely textured, shiny, dark green foliage is deer resistant. Its irregular habit lends it a naturally wild, windswept look, but it can also be staked or trained into a truly one of a kind specimen or serve as an excellent candidate for bonsai. Light green new needles eventually deepen to rich green over the course of the growing season. New foliage is creamy white, becoming pale yellow green Older growth slowly darkens with age to a blue-green which really shows off the new tips It has a graceful drooping form with powder blue colored needles. Has a yellow-green glow during winter monthsĪ medium growth rate and a pyramidal shape that will grow taller than wide. Vibrant green needles form dense clusters on very horizontal arms Cedrus atlantica ‘Fastigiata’ will grow as tall as the species, but its slender, columnar footprint requires less spaceīlue needled, weeping conifer that can be trained to run along a fence weeping branchlets create a curtain like effectĬedrus atlantica 'Horstmanns Silberspitz'Īn intermediate-growing, narrowly upright, tree form of Atlas cedar is species-typical layered, symmetrical branching and foliage that flushes creamy white, which contrasts beautifully with the blue-green needles of past seasons
Tolerant of maritime exposuresįantastic color - vibrant, blue-green needles and dramatically ascending branches contribute the character and shape needed to perform as a focal point or in a grouping. Pineapple-shaped female cones take 2 - 3 years to mature. The needles are about 1 inch (2.5 cm) long, dark green above, the needle base is decorative silver white Overall, its growth habit is upright, with branches hanging over. Plant gets it's name from its exfoliating, red bark intense puple cones in springĪn attractive, slow growing weeping Veitch's fir.
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This tree has a perfect pyramid shape with golden foliage when exposed to full sun Long, straight branches that grow straight up with blue-green needles The needles are short and very dark greenĪbies nordmanniana 'Hupps Perfect Pillar' Low growing mound-shaped conifer with striking deep purple cones.ĭark green needles topped with a profusion of purple cones make this compact conifer a stand-outĭense, round Fir has remarkable, dark-green needles that are a showy silver on the undersides Golden foliage, yellow with white undersides, purple buds in late winter Native to Korea, this conifer has tidy, medium green foliage, and striking purple cones. Unusual yellow foliage is especially striking in winterĪ dwarf growing conifer with a low-spreading form and light green foliage Long, bright-blue needles grow to lengths of 2 inches (5 cm) or more bark is smooth and silver-gray in colorĪbies concolor 'Piggelmee' is a truly superb dwarf fir with a tiny flat topped globe of silvery blue needles Low growing white fir with a columnar shapeĪbies concolor 'Candicans' is a large growing, upright, tree-form of white fir that is considered by many to be the bluest of all conifers. The lush needles are soft to the touch, typical of other balsam firs The distinctive blue foliage stands out in the landscape where this pyramidal tree commands attention. The needles are a nice green color, growing on strong shoots and are often recurvedĪ dense, dwarf selection of European silver fir with a tight, flat growth structure. The branches droop vertically, parallel to the stem. From the point of the highest stake, the tree will "knuckle over" toward earth, establishing its maximum potential height. Strongly-weeping, narrowly-columnar tree that requires staking. A strong central leader, with the branches spirally descending around it, with the lateral branches and stems pointing downward in short curves.
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