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Conifers for Summer Mail Order. Updated June 2008. |
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| CONIFERS from 9cm pots | |||
| Species and Variety | Description | €uro | |
| Pic | Calocedrus dec 'Aureovariegata' | Incense Cedar with sprays of golden foliage | 12.00 |
| Pic | Cedrus libanii Cedar of Lebanon | Flat spreading branches when mature | 3.50 |
| Pic | Chamaecyparis laws 'Alumii' | Medium sized flame shape, bluey green | 3.00 |
| Pic | Cham laws 'Chilworth Silver' | Slow-growing columnar bush, silvery-blue | 4.00 |
| Pic | Cham laws 'Elwoodii' | Neat soft column to about 6ft | 3.00 |
| Pic | Cham laws 'Elwoods Gold' | Similar to above but smaller and tinged gold | 3.00 |
| Cham laws 'Snow White' | Dwarf with white tipped foliage | 3.00 | |
| Pic | Cham laws 'Stardust' | Columnar or narrowly conical tree | 3.00 |
| Pic | Cham laws 'Van Pelt's Blue' | Fairly fast-growing, dark blue narrow column | 3.00 |
| Pic | Cham laws 'Wisselli' | Fast-growing, med to large tree, bluish green | 4.00 |
| Cham nootkatensis 'Pendula' | Weeping form of Nootka Cypress | 12.00 | |
| Pic | Cham obtusa 'Fernspray Gold | Slow-growing, fern-like foliage | 4.00 |
| Pic | Cham pisifera 'Squarossa Lombarts' | Slow-growing pyramidal bush, feathery foliage | 4.00 |
| Pic | Cham thyoides 'Rubicon' * | Dwarf, burgundy/red winter colour | 4.00 |
| Pic | Cryptomeria jap 'Bandai Sugi' * | slow-growing, compact bush | 4.00 |
| Cryptomeria jap. 'Compressa' * | Very dwarf, dense gree with purple tinge in winter | 4.00 | |
| Pic | Cryptomeria jap. 'Spiralis' (Granny's Ringlets) * | Dwarf, dense spreading habit, unusual | sold out |
| Pic | Cryptomeria jap. 'Tilford Gold' | Dwarf, dense bush, bronzed in winter | 4.00 |
| Pic | Cryptomeria jap. 'Vilmoriniana' | Dwarf, turns bronzy in winter | 4.00 |
| Pic | Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Gold Rider' | Very fast, bright gold 10 for 25 euro | 3.00 |
| Pic | Cupressus arizonica fastigiata | Narrow cypress with dark foliage | 7.00 |
| Cupressus macrocarpa | Fast and sea hardy, good coastal windbreak | 3.00 | |
| Pic | Cupressus macrocarpa 'Gold Crest' * | Conical, compact, golden foliage, upto 25ft | 3.00 |
| Pic | Cupressus macrocarpa 'Wilma' | Good narrow conifer | 3.00 |
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All Cupressus macrocarpa are suitable for hedging 10 for 25 euro, 50 for 100 euro |
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| Cupressus sempervirens ' Stricta' | Narrow Italian Cypress | 9.00 | |
| Pic | Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Alps' | Upright, grey/blue foliage | 3.50 |
| Pic | Juniperus communis 'Compressa' | Very dwarf cone for rockery | 3.50 |
| Pic | Juniperus com. 'Depressa Aurea' | Groundcover, golden summer growth | 3.50 |
| Pic | Juniperus com. 'Green Carpet' * | Flat, dark green foliage | 3.50 |
| Pic | Juniperus com. 'Repanda' * | Dark green bronze, low and spreading | 3.50 |
| Pic | Juniperus conferta | Excellent groundcover, fresh lime green foliage | 3.50 |
| Pic | Juniperus horizontalis 'Prince of Wales' | Dense blue-green mat tinged purple in winter | 3.50 |
| Pic | Juniperus hor. 'Youngstown' | Excellent groundcover | 3.50 |
| Juniperus x media 'Carbery Gold' | Low and spreading bushin bright gold | 3.50 | |
| Pic | Juniperus x media 'Gold Kissen' | Dense golden groundcover | sold out |
| Juniperus x med. 'Old Gold' | Medium sized bush of burnished gold | 3.50 | |
| Juniperus x med. pfitzeriana | Green, makes large spreading bush | 3.50 | |
| Pic | Juniperus scopulorum 'Blue Arrow' * | Upright and narrow | 3.50 |
| Juniperus squamata 'Blue Carpet' * | Blue foliage, low and spreads to 5ft | 3.50 | |
| Juniperus squamata 'Loderi' (pingii wilsonii) | Prostrate habit, dense powder blue foliage | 3.50 | |
| Juniperus squamata 'Meyeri' | Angular blue branches 4ft tall | 3.50 | |
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Juniper collection 5 for 15.00 |
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| Pic | Microbiota decussata | Dwarf, spreading rockery plant from Siberia | 4.00 |
| Pic | Metasequoia glybostroides Dawn Redwood | Deciduous, lovely spring & autumn foliage | sold out |
| Pic | Pinus pinaster Maritime Pine | Attractive bark, likes sandy soil, good by sea | 3.50 |
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10 for |
30.00 | ||
| Pic | Pinus pinea Stone Pine | Umbrella shaped pine, slow, edible nuts | 4.00 |
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10 for |
35.00 | ||
| Pic | Podocarpus andinus Plum fruiting Yew | From Chile, black fruits, a bit like a Yew | 5.00 |
| Pic | Podocarpus alpinus Bluey * | Unusual dark bluish growth | 4.00 |
| Pic | Podocarpus County Park Fire * | Spreading low mound, good colour | 4.00 |
| Podocarpus nivalis Red Tip * | Blue-green foliage turning deep red, dwarf | 4.00 | |
| Pseudolarix amabilis Golden Larch | Deciduous larch with good autumn colour | 4.00 | |
| Taxodium distichum Swamp Cypress | Deciduous cypress good in wet ground | 4.00 | |
| Pic | Taxus baccata Summergold | Spreading golden Yew | 5.00 |
| Pic | Taxus bac. 'Fastigiata Aurea' | Golden upright Yew | sold out |
| Pic | Taxus cuspidata 'Nana' | Dense, bushy dwarf Japanese Yew | 4.00 |
| Pic | Thuja occidentalis. 'Smaragd' | Forms a neat green cone, slow to 8ft in 10yrs | 3.00 |
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10 for 25 euro |
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| Pic | Thuja occ. 'Yellow Ribbon' | Medium sized golden conical tree | 3.00 |
| Pic | Thuja orientalis 'Rosedalis' | Dense, dwarf bush, good winter colour | 4.00 |
| Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens' | Dense growth, aromatic green foliage | 3.00 | |
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10 for |
25.00 | ||
| Pic | Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh' | Dwarf Eastern Hemlock | 4.00 |
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All of the above are in 9cm pots but most potted conifers can be sent by post at any time of year. Plants marked * are also available in 1 lt pots at 7 euro. See also conifer page under container-grown plants. |
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| For other plants now available, see 'Summer shrubs & trees'', 'Ferns and Grasses' , 'Perennial Flowers' , 'Hedging' and 'Ground Cover and Climbers' | |||