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One of the most popular conifers for small and mid-sized gardens is this Korean fir. It has short, glossy, dark green needles that are silver on the reverse. Already as a young plant it produces very attractive bluish-purple cones. It is slow growing, the tree ...


	3 - 6m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Abies nordmanniana
(Caucasican fir)

Caucasian fir is perhaps the most beautiful conifer of our climate. No wonder that it is also a commercial bestseller as a Christmas tree. Its short needles densely cover the branches; they are deep green and very glossy, with silvery undersides. Fresh growths are intensely bright green. T ...


	12 - 18m	3 - 5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus atlantica 'COMPACTA'
(Atlas cedar)

Compacta is an Italian dwarf variety of Atlas cedar. This evergreen conifer has short, sharp, mid green needles. It grows slowly, forming a rounded shrub. To maintain a perfect shape it may be pruned beginning of spring. It is suitable for large rockeries, in full sun. It is ...


	0.5 - 1.8m	0.5 - 1.8m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus atlantica f. FASTIGIATA
(Atlas cedar)

If you like cedars or perhaps if you are a collector or just an enthusiast don’t miss this one. It is a beautiful example of a form that is rarely seen in private gardens or arboretums. Fastigiata is an attractive form of Atlas cedar with strictly narrow, columnar habit ...


	4 - 8m	1 - 2m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus atlantica f. 'GLAUCA'
(blue Atlas cedar)

Blue Atlas cedar has distinct silvery-blue persistent larch-like needles born in whorls of 30-45. This gives a much dense appearance compared with other green cedars. Healthy young tree is well branched from the ground and retains its bottom branches. Young plants have conical habit which wit ...


	10 - 20m	5 - 12m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara
(deodar cedar)

Deodar – Himalayan cedar is the most graceful of all cedars. It has strictly pyramidal habit when young, spreading branching and weeping ends. The needles are short, mid green, borne in whorls of 20-30. Female cones appear in summer. Older plants form unique shapes. This is probably ...


	10 - 20m	5 - 6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara 'FEELIN' BLUE'
(deodar cedar)

Feelin‘ Blue is a striking Dutch introduction of Himalayan cedar, which in fact turned out to be one of the most reliable cedars we ever had. Formerly a ground-covering plant is often staked up to a bamboo stick in order to form an appearance of a clas ...


	0.2 - 3m	0.5 - 3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara 'GOLDEN HORIZON'
(Himalayan cedar)

Golden Horizon is an interesting variety of Himalayan cedar with weeping branches. The needles are evergreen, yellow-green when young and in summer, turning blue-green as they mature and in the shade. The shape of the shrub is irregular, making horizontal branches with weeping e ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 2m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara 'ROBUSTA GLAUCA'
(Himalayan cedar)

Himalájský cedr is the most graceful of all cedars. Robusta Glauca is an Italian selection with long, evergreen needles. Their colour is from blue-green to almost silvery blue while new shoots are soft green.


	10 - 15m	5 - 7m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus libani
(cedar of Lebanon)

Cedar of Lebanon is a majestic specimen tree with needle-like dark green to blue-green foliage that looks like larch but is evergreen. Young trees are densely branched from the ground but low branches can be removed in the autumn if planted close to houses to make more room beneath. The branc ...


	10 - 20m	10 - 15m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cephalotaxus harringtonii 'FASTIGIATA'
(Japanese plum yew)

Japanese plum yew is still an uncommon evergreen conifer which was first popularized by Earl of Harrington in early 19th century. It is hardy for almost the whole area of Central Europe except for the coldest mountainous regions, and can take diversity of soil type ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 1.5m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'ELLWOOD'S EMPIRE'
(Lawson cypress)

Ellwood's Empire is a natural mutation of an old and proved Ellwoodii Lawson cypress. Its scale-like needles are medium green with blue-green hues, and in spring ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'ELLWOODII'
(Lawson cypress)

Ellwoodii is a useful and sought-after variety of Lawson cypress with blue-green to steal-blue foliage. It is a slow growing, evergreen conifer of very dense growth and columnar habit. It keeps its perfect shape of a fat pi ...


	1.5 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'IVONNE' ('Yvonne')
(Lawson cypress)

Cypress trees trees and shrubs are very popular for their variable shapes, leaf types and colours. Ivonne variety (or sometimes spelled Yvonne) has almost flat, soft needles of bright greeny-yellow colour from spring to summer, changing to golden-yellow in winter. It grows mediu ...


	3 - 6m		full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'PELT'S BLUE'
(Lawson cypress)

Pelt's Blue, or Van Pelt's Blue is a German selection of Lawson cypress bred by Hinrich Kordes Nursery and introduced in 1984. It is an improved version of a very successful variety Columnaris (Glauca) wit ...


	3 - 5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'SNOW WHITE'
(Lawson cypress)

Snow White is a mistress of 7 dwarfs but where are they? Perhaps at Oregon State University that bred a whole range of those dwarf or compact Lawson cypress varieties in 1980’s called The Guardian® Series. ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'SUNKIST'
(Lawson cypress)

Sunkist is a dwarf, compact Lawson cypress, similar to Mini Globus. It is a slow growing conifer with attractive flat sprays of mid green foliage that is not pric ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'WHITE SPOT'
(Lawson cypress)

White Spot is a Lawson cypress variety found as a mutation of Monumentalis Nova variety in D.T.Poulsen Nursery, Denmark, in 1943. It boasts pale blue-green, scale-like needles with subtle white marbling which looks like gli ...


	3 - 5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'COLUMNARIS'
(Lawson cypress)

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ('Columnaris Glauca')

Cypress trees and shrubs are very popular for their variable shapes, leaf types and colours. Variety Columnaris has blue needles and compact shape. It does not grow wider than 1m which makes it ideal for hedges that are only trimmed at the top. Mature plants can reach 6-8m in ma ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'PENDULA'
(Nootka cypress)

Weeping forms of nootka cypress are darlings among conifers. Their unique structure makes the tree look like a conifer with veils. Pendula is a variety where the main branches are horizontal and deflected, lateral branches ...


	6 - 10m	3 - 5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'NANA GRACILIS'
(Hinoki cypress)

The Hinoki cypress is both a must-see and a must-have thereafter. Its dark green foliage is tightly congested, forming a tiny mound. It forms twisting fan-shaped branchlets in dense tiered layers. Want to ask how fast it grows? Well it takes the same time as your partner does getting prep ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Teddy Bear'
(Hinoki cypress)

If you call someone a teddy bear, what is he like? Very probably nice, warm-hearted and from the first sight “safe”. This must have been the way of thinking of the breeder of this variety when he was looking for a name for his invention. Teddy Bear is a neat and lovely l ...


	0.3 - 1m	0.3 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'BOULEVARD'
(false cypress)

Boulevard is a lovely false cypress popular for group plantings. Its needles are soft, awl-shaped, curving, silvery-blue colour. Fully mature it can grow about 3m but usually keeps smaller – 1.5m high and 1m wide. Natural habit is broadly pyramidal. Growth rate is slow to ...


	1 - 3m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'FILIFERA AUREA'
(golden thread-leaf sawara cypress)

This false cypress is belongs to the Filifera group, which means it has thread-like branches. In fact, some call these branches leaves. Practically the leaves are scales that cover the whip-like branches. Filifera Aurea is probably the most sought-after variety with golden yello ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'FILIFERA NANA'
(dwarf sawara cypress)

This false cypress is a dwarf, mound forming variety belonging to the Filifera group, which means it has thread-like branches. In fact, some call these branches leaves. Practically the leaves are scales that cover the whip-like branches. Filifera Nana is a green version, very sl ...


	0.3 - 1m		full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'SUNGOLD'
(gold mop cypress)

Cypress family belongs to old time favourites in Central Europe. This golden thread-leaf sawara cypress proves the fact. It has string-like branches that elegantly droop to the ground. It is low growing, making a compact and dense, dwarf shrub with lime green needles and golden new growths. F ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cryptomeria japonica 'CRISTATA'
(crested Japanese cedar)

Japanese cedars proved to grow happily in our garden where winter temperatures sometimes drop to -27°C. They showed no damage whatsoever and thrive. Cristata is a weird looking variety with congested new growths that are flattened into “cockscombs” and divide into ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cryptomeria japonica 'GLOBOSA NANA'
(Japanese cedar)

One of the most beautiful conifers of our climate is Japanese cedar. There are many species and varieties. Globosa Nana was first discovered in 1923 in Japan, where it is called Mitama-sugi. It is a dense, compact conifer with rounded branches. The needles are curved, inward- ...


	1 - 1.8m	1 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cryptomeria japonica 'LITTLE CHAMPION'
(dwarf Japanese cedar)

Little Champion is a witche’s broom of another Japanese cedar variety called Gracilis, found in Europe. It is very similar to Globosa Nana variety but ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

x Cupressocyparis leylandii 'GOLD RIDER'
(Leyland cypress)

Gold Rider is still quite new in the Leyland cypress family. It produces flattened sprays of bright yellow-green, scale-like leaves. The branches are not pendent, not erect. Something in between and that makes it stand apar ...


	2 - 10m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

x Cupressocyparis leylandii 'ATRO'
(Leyland cypress)

x Cupressocyparis leylandii (syn. '2001')

Atro is one of those smaller, compact varieties of Leyland cypress which can be grown even in a small garden. It was found as a natural mutation in Van den Dool Cultures Nursery in Dutch town Boskoop in 1983. You can also f ...


	2 - 10m	2 - 3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cupressus arizonica 'FASTIGIATA'
(smooth cypress)

Smooth cypress is an extraordinary conifer whose steel-blue needles will leave no doubt that this one is really something. The species of this cypress comes from SW of the USA, while Fastigiata variety was selected in Italy. It has distinctly silvery-blue to glaucous colour o ...


	5 - 11m	1 - 3m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ginkgo biloba
(maidenhair tree)

Maidenhair tree is probably one of the oldest species on Earth. It was here some 180 million years ago … obviously it was the time when the Dead Sea was still ill. Its extreme tolerance of various conditions made it survive to our time. One tree can live as long as 2000 years. It bel ...


	15 - 30m		full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ginkgo biloba 'EIFFEL'
(maidenhair tree)

Eiffel is an attractive maidenhair tree variety from the beginning of the new millennium. It makes compact, more densely branched trees or multistemmed shrubs with deciduous, 4-7 cm wide, fan-shaped, divided, mid green leav ...


	6 - 10m	2 - 4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ginkgo biloba 'FASTIGIATA BLAGON'
(maidenhair tree)

Fastigiata Blagon is a French variety of maidenhair tree with narrowly conical or almost columnar growth. It bears deciduous, 4-7 cm wide, fan-shaped, divided, mid green leaves (botanically classified as needles), that chan ...


	8 - 12m	2 - 3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ginkgo biloba 'MARIKEN'
(maidenhair tree)

Mariken is a new variety from 1999. It is a dwarf form with short branches, densely covered with foliage. It is usually available as a small shrub suitable for rockeries, or a half-standard for gardens with less space, or a standard tree. Thanks to its dense growth and attractive folia ...


	0.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ginkgo biloba 'TROLL'
(dwarf maidenhair tree)

Not everyone can afford growing a large tree in his garden but would like to enjoy its foliage. Dwarf varieties are perfect solutions to this problem. And Troll is one of the most recent solutions among them. This German word means hobbit and hobbits, as we know them, are usually small ...


	0.3 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.8m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Juniperus chinensis 'TORULOSA'
(Hollywood juniper)

Torulosa Chinese juniper is a unique variety that grabs attention in any garden. Young plants grow strictly upright forming a slender column, and as they age new branches appear at the bottom, swerving a bit from the centra ...


	2 - 3.5m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Juniperus scopulorum 'BLUE ARROW'
(Rocky mountains juniper)

Blue Arrow juniper is as thin as a supermodel. This conifer has a truly slim, columnar habit and attractive blue-green to almost silvery blue colour. It is often compared to another juniper variety called Skyrocket against ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Larix kaempferi 'BLUE DWARF'
(Japanese larch)

Blue Dwarf is a small and compact variety of Japanese larch. It is a low growing shrub with soft, deciduous needles that emerge fresh green changing to blue green, and turning yellow in autumn. Its almost horizontal branche ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.8 - 1.3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Larix kaempferi 'DIANA'
(Japanese larch)

Diana is one of the most eye-catching trees in our garden that customers fall in love with at the first sight. It is a Japanese larch with slightly contorted branches that reveal their orange bark especially in winter months. The deciduous needles are fresh green and soft to tou ...


	6 - 8m	2 - 4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Larix kaempferi 'GREY PEARL'
(Japanese larch)

Grey Pearl is a picturesque dwarf variety of Japanese larch. It is a low growing shrub with soft, deciduous needles that emerge fresh green and soon turn silvery blue green. It makes a fluffy appearance and is almost irresi ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.6 - 1.3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Larix kaempferi 'STIFF WEEPER'
(Japanese larch)

Weeping form of deciduous larch Stiff Weeper is one of the most sought-after conifers in our country. It has strictly pendent branches with no horizontal growth. The crown looks like a head of a long-haired girl. The needles are about 4 cm long, bright green with a silvery blue shade, ...


	0.5 - 2m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Metasequoia glyptostroboides
(dawn redwood)

There’s a horticultural legend from mid-1940’s which goes something like this: For centuries, metasequoia had been believed to be extinct in the wild and buried only in fossils just like trilobites. It wasn't until 1941 that a live specimen was found in ...


	10 - 30m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea abies 'ACROCONA'
(Norway spruce)

Acrocona is a beauty among Norway spruces. It is a smaller variety with picturesque cones at the tips of the branches. They are small, rich raspberry red and appear from May. Later they turn brown as they mature. Needle ...


	3 - 5m	3 - 4m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea abies 'WILL'S ZWERG'
(dwarf Norway spruce)

Another lovely piece for miniature lovers is this dwarf spruce. It grows slowly, compact and dense to it mature height of 3m only after a few decades. Needles are short and stiff, rich green. New branches show bright orangey-brown bark and are short. No pruning needed for dense growth. The ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea breweriana
(Brewer spruce)

Brewer spruce is an evergreen conifer native to the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California where it is a rare plant owing to its sparse occurrence. It has a beautiful shape. The stem and inner branches are firm and upright whereas new bra ...


	8 - 15m	3 - 5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea pungens 'BLUE DIAMOND'
(dwarf Colorado spruce)

Blue Diamond is a true jewel. This conifer is a variety of Colorado spruce with intensely blue coloured needles with silver overlay. They are quite prickly and evergreen. It grows about 15 cm per year, and only 10 cm upward ...


	4 - 7m	1 - 3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus 'Gaëlle Brégeon' BAMBINO®
(dwarf hybrid pine)

BAMBINO® is another beautiful dwarf hybrid pine, following success of its forerunners Marie Brégeon and


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.8 - 1.3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus cembra
(Swiss stone pine)

Swiss stone pine is a beautiful one with dark green needles with a silvery stripe. So its overall appearance may seem a little turquoise. It grows slowly, forming a dense conifer with rather irregular growth when young and more or less pyramidal with age. Owing to its slow growth rate, si ...


	6 - 12m	3 - 5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus cembra 'COMPACTA GLAUCA'
(arolla pine)

Compacta Glauca is an arolla pine variety of reduced size. It was selected by C.Frets & Son nursery in Boskoop, the Netherlands, around 1930, in a field of older variety called Glauca which had been known since 1860' ...


	3 - 5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus densiflora 'ALICE VERKADE'
(Japanese red pine)

If you like Mediterranean umbrella pines but feel sorry that it is too tender for our climate try to have a look at this selection of dwarf Japanese red pine. It is called Alice Verkade and has bright green, soft needles. It is a slow growing plant making only about 7-10 cm per ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus densiflora 'UMBRACULIFERA'
(Tanyosho pine)

Tanyosho pine with its umbrella-like, mushroom crown is sometimes used as a hardy substitute for Mediterranean pine. It grows much smaller and more slowly – to make a specimen tree of 3-4 metres it needs some 30 years. Needles are long, bright green, soft. Bark is orange to red hence its culti ...


	1 - 3m		full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus flexilis 'VANDERWOLF'S PYRAMID'
(Rocky Mountains white pine)

Rocky Mountains white pine is a North American pine species whose origin ranges through the Rocky Mountains of Alberta in Canada down to Colorado, USA. It has distinctively flexible young twigs and soft, blue-green to silvery-blue needles. Female cones are yellow-b ...


	5 - 9m	1 - 2.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus heldreichii 'SATELLIT'
(Bosnian pine)

Pine trees are superb trees which grow in a wide climate scale - from cold northern countries to hot coastal sites. They are probably most beautiful in their natural environment. Satellit is a narrowly columnar variety ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus monticola 'AMMERLAND'
(western white pine)

Ammerland is a very decorative, medium-sized western pine. These pines come from western parts of North America but this variety was bred in German Jeddeloh. Its needles are borne in whorls of 5. They are mostly erect, stiff, blue-green, long. The shape of this pine is rathe ...


	3 - 5m		full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'CARSTEN'S'
(dwarf mugo pine)

Carsten’s Wintergold is a selection of very popular Wintergold with stunning winter colour. The needles are deep green from mid spring until early autumn. Then they begin turning yellow and from end autumn until the last cold days of spring they are vivid yellow. This colour is u ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'GNOM'
(dwarf mountain pine)

Would you like a gnom for your garden? Not the one from plaster, a living one – a dwarf pine called the same name = Gnom. This one is very beautiful, slow and dense growing with short to medium sized, dark green needl ...


	1 - 2.5m	1 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'GOLDEN GLOW'
(dwarf mountain pine)

Mountain pines and dwarf pines are common conifers of our gardens. Their limited size and dense habit is often welcome in less spacious areas. Golden Glow is a special mountain pine wi ...


	0.5 - 1.3m	1 - 1.8m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'HUMPY'
(dwaf mountain pine)

Humpy is a very beautiful variety of dwarf mountain pine introduced in 1979. It grows extremely slowly into a cushion-like, mound-forming shrub that is some 50 cm tall and a little over one meter wide in 15 years. Its everg ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'OPHIR'
(dwarf mountain pine)

Ophir is a dwarf mountain pine with yellow needle tips from mid autumn until mid spring. They are evergreen, up to 7 cm long, and glossy. In late spring they change back to typical pine green colour. It naturally forms low, ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	1 - 1.8m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo ssp. MUGHUS
(dwarf mountain pine)

Mughus is a subspecies of dwarf mountain pine with even more compact and slower growth. It has very dense habit and dark green, short needles. It looks great in a large rockery as well as in a Japanese-style garden where it creates a perfect cushion image. Pines need slightly ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.6 - 1.8m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra 'GREEN TOWER'
(Austrian pine)

Green Tower is a fastigiate and dwarf variety of Austrian pine. It was found as a seedling, possibly of Pyramidalis variety, by Martin Zimmer in late 1990's. It has about 10 cm, stiff, dark green needles borne in whorls of ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra 'MARIE BREGEON'
(dwarf Austrian pine)

After a huge success with BREPO® variety, a breeder of pines from Switzerland Henri Bregeon comes up with another dwarf pine variety, this time called Marie Bregeon


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra 'OREGON GREEN'
(Austrian pine)

Oregon Green is a very beautiful addition to the family of small to mid-sized pine trees. It was found as a seedling by Morris Van Meter in his nursery in Boring, Oregon, USA, in early 1990's. It is easily distinguished by ...


	4 - 6m	3 - 4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra ssp. nigra
(Austrian pine)

Austrian (black) pine was first classified by Austrian botanist Johann Arnold in 1785. It is a hardy tree which escaped Austria in early 20th century, and can now be found all around Europe, down to Turkey, and in North Africa. Hard to say if Mother Nature needed a ...


	10 - 30m	6 - 8m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus pinea SELEKCE
(Italian stone pine)

Being a plant lover based in Europe and perhaps a bit of a traveler, too, I suppose you must have been to the Mediterranean at least once in your life, am I right? And there, you must have come across one of the key features of the Mediterranean landscape apart from the Tuscan cypress – the


	10 - 20m	8 - 15m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus strobus
(eastern white pine)

One of the tallest pines is this eastern white pine. It has soft, 7-13 cm long needles of light green colour with a bluish tint. Natural growth is upright with pyramidal shape when young, turning slightly wider and irregular as the branches spread to sides and mature. In gardens where it has limited ...


	8 - 20m		full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus strobus 'BLUE SHAG'
(white pine)

I wonder who gave name to this dwarf white pine Blue Shag … I know that “shag” has several meanings, but still. Anyway, this pine is an excellent, fluffy looking variety of Weymouth pine with long, soft ne ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus strobus 'RADIATA'
(dwarf white pine)

If you like pines with soft needles, white pines are the best choice. Radiata is an old variety from 1923 which is a slow grower with silvery blue-green needles decorated with green underneath. The appearance is fluffy and ...


	1.5 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in our country, too. Its makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. It bears 5-7 cm long, mid green needles with a slight bluish overlay. They are borne in pairs and remain on the tree for 3 ...


	2 - 15m	2 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris 'AUREA'
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in country, too. The green species makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. Aurea is a variety known already since the ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris 'GLAUCA'
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in our country, too. Its makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. Glauca is a selected variety with blue green needles ...


	2 - 10m	2 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris 'MOSERI'
(dwarf Scots pine)

Moseri is a dwarf variety of Scots Pine from Moser Nursery in Versailles, France, from 1900. It has long, slightly twisted needles of soft green colour in summer and rich golden yellow in winter. It grows very slowly (8-12 ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Platycladus 'AUREA NANA'
(oriental arborviatae)

Aurea Nana is a dwarf conifer with golden-yellow, scale-like leaves. It belongs to cypress family and is known under its other name – oriental thuja. It grows slowly, keeps it compact shape and dense habit and is suit ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sciadopitys verticillata
(Japanese umbrella pine)

Japanese umbrella pine is an exquisite-looking conifer with dark green needles. They are glossy, 5-12 cm long and grow in whorls of 15-20. They are borne at the shoot-tips like the spokes of an umbrella, hence it name. In Japan it grows some 10m tall, however, in our climate you can count ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sequoiadendron giganteum
(Giant redwood)

Giant redwood or Sierra redwood, sometimes concisely called the Big tree is truly a big tree. In fact, the biggest in the world ever measured. It comes from Sierra Nevada mountains in east California, USA, and all synonyms describ ...


	25 - 50m	4 - 8m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sequoiadendron giganteum 'HEALTHY MAMMOTH TWO'
(Giant sequoia)

Healthy Mammoth Two is another beautiful giant redwood from the Netherlands, bred by Cornelius Kools from Sierteeltkwekerij Kools nursery in SE Nethernalds, introduced in 2021. It is from the SUPERIOR COLLECTION® serie ...


	20 - 40m	5 - 10m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Taxodium distichum 'PEVE MINARET'
(swamp cypress)

Peve Minaret is the one bald cypress perfect for the smallest of gardens. This dwarf plant is a conifer with linear, bright green, deciduous leaves. The branchlets grow only a few centimetres per year forming a neat and beautiful shrub. Though it loves plenty of water you can us ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Taxus baccata 'FASTIGIATA'
(Irish yew)

Irish yew is a popular evergreen conifer. They are very practical due to many varieties available offering various shapes and sizes. Another advantage is that they grow well in both full sun and in deep shade. Fastigiata has strictly upright, narrow habit. It grows very slowl ...


	3 - 7m	1 - 2m	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Taxus x media 'HICKSII'
(yew tree)

Hicksii yew is a cross between taxus baccata Fastigiata and taxus cuspidata. The result is a medium-sized shrub of very dense, columnar habit with lustrous, dark green needles. This plant grows much slower than common yew and makes a beautiful specimen or an informal hedge. Its keeps ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 2m	full sun to shade	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Thuja occidentalis 'Mr BOWLING BALL'
(dwarf white cedar)

Mr.Bowling Ball is a funny name for a unique arborvitae variety. It is a dwarf, cushion-forming, evergreen conifer with medium green, thread-like, lacy foliage. In winter it gains reddish-purple shade on insolated parts. ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.6 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Thuja occidentalis 'Congabe' FIRE CHIEF™
(dwarf white cedar)

When around 1900 an arborvitae variety Rheingold with its fiery orange autumn and winter colour was discovered, it became a sensation which everyone wanted. Almost exactly one hundred years later one of those plants produced a mutation with distinctly different col ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Thuja plicata '4EVER GOLDY'
(western red cedar)

4ever Goldy is a new variety of western red cedar from 2006. It was found in a Dutch nursery as a natural mutation of Martin variety by Andreas J.M.Luiten in 2002. It has flat sprays of soft, scale-like, evergreen foliage that is bright golden-yellow in winter and medium green i ...


	2 - 5m	1 - 2m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Tsuga canadensis
(eastern hemlock)

Eastern hemlock is a native plant of North America, precisely eastern parts of Canada. It is a beautiful, slow growing conifer of picturesque habit so similar to Himalayan cedars. It has short, soft, medium green needles, and although the branches of the main frame ...