SMALL/MEDIUM VARIETIES
ABIES balsamea EUGENE GOLD
A short needled form with bright golden-yellow foliage that densely clothes the many branchlets . As a young specimen if not staked it becomes a low spreading plant that as it ages will develop a leader growth and become a narrow pyramid . Best in morning sun and afternoon light shade .
ABIES concolor ARCHERS DWARF
Bright powder blue long and thin needles cover the abundance of branchlets produced on this narrowly conical smallish specimen . Performs at its best in a full sun position in well draining moisture retentive soils . A very striking selection that is a quality garden feature plant .
ABIES lasiocarpa COMPACTA
A medium sized dense and compact narrow pyramidal plant . The needle foliage is bright silvery-blue and thickly covers the many upright sturdy branches . Even as a young specimen this variety is a stand out feature in any garden . Full sun position is best to maintain density and colouration .
ABIES koreana SILBERLOCKE
A fairly rapid growing medium sized eye catching neatly pyramidal specimen plant . The foliage needles are unique as they curl around showing their undersides that are a silvery colour . The overall effect is a bright silver cone . A bright selection that brightens any garden setting .
ABIES nordmaniana GOLDEN SPREADER
As a young plant this form is a low dense grower with golden-yellow needle foliage all year round. Foliage colour brightens in new spring growth . As this selection ages leader growth usually takes over and transforms it into a superb small conical tree . Morning sun and afternoon shade is best .
CALOCEDRUS decurrens BERRIMA GOLD
This neatly upright columnar grower is heavily clothed in golden-yellow flat sprays of foliage . Young specimens tend to be a bit untidy in habit but will settle into shape as they age . Very hardy particularly in colder climates . Winter sees the foliage develop a rich deep orange-gold colour . A stunning selection .
CEDRUS brevifolia EPSTEINIANA
A slow growing and irregular open pyramidal specimen with short blue-grey needle foliage . Very suitable small tree like grower that slots in easily to a mixed garden setting or rockery . This variety makes a superb potted plant with its natural Bonsai appearance and of course can make a true Bonsai with little work .
CEDRUS deodara BLUE SNAKE
If staked upright , which is undoubtedly the best way to show off this selection , it becomes a narrow and very appealing strict weeping specimen . The needle type foliage is a distinctly blue-grey colour . If left unstaked and allowed to grow naturally it will readily spread over the ground in a haphazard manner .
CEDRUS deodara DEVINELY BLUE
Deep grey-blue needles on this very dense variety that if left to its own devices forms up into a globular bun shape . Seems to look at its best if a leader growth can be staked and trained to grow upright . The result of this is a very eye catching smallish pyramidal cone shaped specimen . Like most of the true Cedar family should be grown in a full sun exposure if possible to keep good foliage colour and overall density .
CEDRUS deodara WHITE IMP
Slow-medium growing and rounded bun shaped cultivar . The needle foliage is a creamy-white colour and significantly intensifies to a brilliant white in new growth . Sometimes , when young , in unsuitable positions it can sun or wind burn so care in site selection is worth the effort . Staking of the central leader growth is not recommended or necessary as the plant will mound up naturally . Very showy when well grown .
CEDRUS libani GOLD TIP
An upright irregular broadly conical selection . The new needle foliage growth flushes on this cultivar emerge a bright golden-yellow and slowly fade back to the greenish base colour over several weeks . Full sun positions are best avoided on this form as the new growth can be burnt , so a filtered light positioning is preferred to avoid damage .
CEDRUS libani HEDGEHOG
A very dense and low spreading mound with rich longish light grey-blue needle foliage . Overall will probably never reach a metre in height but doesn’t fit in the dwarf category . Performs admirably in containers and is a showy selection for any rockery .
CEDRUS libani TAURUS
A bushy and medium-fast growing roughly ball shaped plant . Needle foliage is shiny green and noticeably sharp to the touch . This selection like C.a. Lilliput could readily be used for hedging or screening applications as it will tolerate light shearing . A very suitable form for general garden use .
PICEA abies PERRY’S GOLD
A stunning Norway Spruce selection with a slow and very dense upright pyramidal growth habit . Needle foliage colour is a very dark green and the selling point on this special beauty is its new growth flushes that are bright golden-yellow and are maintained for several weeks before fading back to green . The colour contrast of the bright golden-yellow against the dark green is a brilliant feature .
PICEA breweriana FRUHLING'S GOLD
Very rare smaller growing form of the deservedly highly sought after and beautiful , Brewer’s Weeping Spruce . Broadly upright and pyramidal in shape once established and densely clothed in yellow-gold needle foliage . Branchlets hang down from the main branches that sweep down and out giving a curtain effect .
PICEA engelmannii STANLEY MOUNTAIN
Compact and very dense selection with a very neat conical outline . Foliage comprises of short needles that are a pleasing light blue-grey in colour and heavily shroud the numerous ascending stubby branches . Like the other forms in this family that we produce , very hardy , attractive and garden worthy .
PICEA glauca MAC GOLDEN
Stiffly upright medium sized neatly open pyramidal tree . The needle foliage on this form is short and in new growth flushes yellow-gold in colour that slowly fades back to the base colour of green . Setting of numerous small cones is a common occurrence and yellow seedlings can occur around this plant sometimes.
PICEA jezoensis AUREA
This family , known as the Yezo Spruce , comes from the Russian far east and northern Japan and therefore as its locale suggests would be very cold hardy . This cultivar has yellow-gold short needles on young growth and fades back to a greenish-brown when in dormancy . Red flowers (strobili) add to the attraction as this plant matures , into a bushy pyramidal shape . Best positioned in filtered light to avoid new foliage scorch .
PICEA orientalis AUREA
A neat and slow growing form of the Oriental Spruce . Needle foliage is short and dark shiny green in colour and in spring the new growth flush is an impressive bright yellow-gold that is maintained for several weeks before turning back to green . The outline shape is pyramidal . A superb and hardy selection for the garden .
PICEA pungens DONNA’S RAINBOW
A dwarfish slow growing variety that eventually develops into a small very dense and neat pyramidal shape . The light silvery-blue needle foliage is held on numerous branchlets that are semi- vertical rather than horizontal . Is untidy in growth habit as a young plant for a year or two .
PICEA pungens FAT ALBERT
Perfectly shaped dense pyramidal form that requires little if any training as a young nursery plant . The needle colour on this form is not the normal intense blue of most in this family but a lighter dullish silver-blue . Makes a classic singular specimen plant or is equally useful in a mixed setting .
PICEA pungens MONTGOMERY
Very dense , conical and slow growing choice cultivar of the Colorado Blue Spruce . Is often an untidy shapeless blob when young but eventually will develop a sturdy leader growth and then become very neatly pyramidal . It is not a dwarf and will easily attain a height of 3mtrs. Or more .
PICEA pungens RAYMUR SPRINGS
An upright and neatly smallish pyramidal selection . The needle foliage is a disappointing greyish-blue rather than the bright blue often found in this family . Spring new growth more than overcomes the nondescript base colouring as it is a beautiful creamy-yellow and is displayed for many weeks . Siting in a full sun position is a mistake as the new growth will burn easily , so it needs positioning in a shaded but well lit area.
PICEA pungens STANLEY'S GOLD
An impressive and beautiful selection of the Colorado Spruce . The needle foliage on this form is a yellow-gold colour rather than the normal blue that is usually seen on this family . The outline shape is pyramidal , neat and dense . New spring growth emerges green and stays this colour until summer when it turns to yellow-gold . The green spring growth negates the chance of sun scorch that some gold forms can suffer .
PINUS contorta CHIEF JOSEPH
A slow growing and rare cultivar of the Lodgepole Pine . The needle foliage in winter is an intense golden-orange that turns to light green in the warmer weather . This smallish tree like form will always be in short supply as it is very hard to propagate . Regarded as having the most intense winter colour of any Conifer .
PINUS densiflora LOW GLOW
A very dense and bushy selection of Japanese Red Pine that will grow with little fuss into a medium sized plant with a rounded outline shape reasonably quickly . Longish needle foliage is a pleasant light green colour . A very hardy and attractive variety suitable only for larger rockeries .
PINUS densiflora UMBRACULIFERA NANA
A slow growing multi branched very bushy and dense selection . The needle foliage is thin , dark green and produced in abundance on the many branchlets . The overall look of this form is a distinct cup shape with a flattened top . Very hardy and garden worthy like most in this family .
PINUS mugo AMBER GOLD
A many branched bushy and very hardy form suitable for rockeries , container growing or general garden planting . Green needle foliage through the growing seasons changes to a startling orange-yellow once the temperatures become cooler giving a brilliant winter display even in mild areas .
PINUS parviflora BERGMAN
Japanese White Pine selection with interesting blue-grey twisted needles that give the foliage a bi-coloured look . Usually upright and very bushy in appearance with a dense habit . Growth shape sometimes can differ, to low and flat depending on the grafting understocks used or the amount of shading in its position .
PINUS parviflora GOLDILOCKS
An irregular and bushy upright pyramid with a unique mango-yellow needle foliage colour . Will tolerate full sun , where it is at its brightest , and will be blueish-yellow if planted in a shady position . If positioned in full sun tends to be lower growing and bright golden-yellow . Often produces many cones amongst the foliage .
PINUS parviflora IBO CAN
Slow-medium growth rate on this pyramidal tree like form . The needle foliage is a silvery-blue in colour and thick , long and slightly curved . The bark at a young age develops a rough nobbly finish and this feature makes it a sought after form for Bonsai use . Can also make a superb hardy garden or container plant .
PINUS parviflora IRI FUNE
Another dense and slowish growing member of this family of quality garden Pines . Needles are a light bright blue and occasionally display white spots around mid-needle , this effect seems more noticeable in warmer areas . Pyramidal in shape and once more , like many in this family , a pot or Bonsai favourite .
PINUS parviflora OGON GOYO
An upright broadly pyramidal dense and hardy selection . Foliage is a light sulphur-yellow shade with a blueish-green undertone . Like all Japanese White Pines can readily withstand some shape pruning if wanted. A robust plant once established and with its odd foliage colour is well worth growing .
PINUS parviflora OGON JANOME
A very eye catching form with thin needle foliage brightly banded in yellow-gold on the green base colour . An upright vigorous and open pyramid if left untouched but will become improved out of sight in density and appeal with a light pruning as it grows . Will happily tolerate full sun positions but a little filtered light spot will give the foliage a deeper shade of the green and yellow-gold . Makes a superb potted plant .
PINUS strobus LOUIE
A medium growing broadly pyramidal tree with bright yellow-gold , long soft to the touch needle foliage . This is an American White Pine selection and is very hardy and worthy of planting in any garden . Sometimes until established can suffer from winter burn , browning , on its foliage , this magically disappears in spring . This cultivar will excel in brightening up a darker or duller section in a garden .
PINUS sylvestris SPAAN'S SLOW COLUMN
A slowish growing robust and very neatly columnar , dense and narrow Scot’s Pine selection . The needle foliage is thick , broad and blue-grey in colour and held on its many vertical branches . This form makes an exclamation point with its growth habit and group plantings of several are quite appealing .
PINUS thunbergia KOTOBUKI
A conical and loosely fastigiate slow growing selection of the Japanese Black Pine . The dark green needles on this form are noticeably shorter than others in this family . Like many members of the Japanese Black , Red and White Pines this plant is very suitable for Bonsai use , container growing or garden plantings .
PINUS thunbergia KYOKKO NISHIKI
Becoming very dense and globular to pyramidal shaped with age this cultivars is one of the favourite choices for Bonsai enthusiasts owing to its ability to produce very fissured bark . For some reason the bark develops at a far faster rate in warmer humid areas .The long needle foliage is a very dark and shiny green . Can withstand , like many Pines , container culture and also makes a good garden specimen .
PINUS thunbergia THUNDERHEAD
A slow and very dense growing robust and hardy plant . Needle foliage is long and very dark green . Overall shape with time is broadly pyramidal . Setting of numerous cones is another feature of this selection that gets its name from its distinctly white growth candles and dark foliage that supposedly mimics an approaching thunderstorm in nature . It is a very desirable garden specimen .
PSEUDOTSUGA menziesii HESS BLUE SELECT
This is a very appealing small to medium conical tree form of the Douglas Fir . Outstanding and pleasing bright mid blue needle foliage densely covers the branch structure . It can be a little unruly as a young planting so staking of a leader growth and a bit of judicial pruning if needed will help . Like most Conifers will perform at its best in well draining soils . Cones that are formed on young plants are pink .
PSEUDOTSUGA menziesii PINE GROVE GOLD
A vigorous pyramidal tree like form with green needle foliage . The new growth shoots in spring are a stunning bright creamy-white that continues on for some time before fading back to green . All selections of this family of plants are worthy of any garden , if they can be obtained . Not great in warm humid areas .
TAXODIUM distichum PEVE MINARET
A smaller elegant slow growing mid sized deciduous selection of the Swamp Cypress from the American Everglades . Soft feathery thick foliage is deep green and turns rusty orange in autumn before leaf fall . Nondescript in shape as a young plant but soon becomes neatly pyramidal . Thrives in wetter areas .
TAXODIUM distichum SECREST
A witches broom selection from the Swamp Cypress family of deciduous plants . Feathery bright green foliage clothes this bushy bun shaped form , autumn foliage turns a rusty-red before shedding . Can be staked when young to form a pyramidal shape . Like all in this family it thrives in wet conditions without objection . Planting in light shade to stop foliage sun scorch is best .