Ivydene Gardens Plants:
Conifer List

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The Conifer Gallery shows colour photographs of some of the following conifers:-

 

 

 

 

Bushy Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet. 300mm = 1 foot
Plants below 2 feet in Height

 

Evergreen - Of plants that retain their foliage for more than one growing season; semi-evergreen plants retain only a small proportion of their leaves for more than one season.

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Bushy Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants between 2 and 6 feet in Height

 

Conifer - Gymnosperms, usually evergreen trees and shrubs that are distinguished from flowering plants (angiosperms) by the naked ovules that are not enclosed in an ovary but are often borne in cones.

Cryptomeria japonica 'Vilmoriniana' (Japanese cedar)
Thuja occidentalis 'Aurea Nana'
(Chinese arbor-vitae)
 

3 x 3
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2 x 2
 

 

Bushy Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants above 6 feet in Height

 

 

Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans'
(Japanese cedar)
Picea pungens glauca 'Globosa'
(Colorado spruce)
Thuja occidentalis 'Sunkist'
 

20 x 12
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50 x 12
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8 x 6
 

 

 

 

 

Columnar Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet. 300mm = 1 foot
Plants below 2 feet in Height

 

 

Taxus baccata 'Standishii'

1.5 x 0.5

 

Columnar Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants between 2 and 6 feet in Height

 

 

Juniperus communis 'Compressa' (Common Juniper)
 

2.5 x 1.5

 

 

Columnar Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants above 6 feet in Height

 

 

Juniperus communis 'Hibernica'
(Irish Juniper)
Picea pungens glauca 'Koster'
(Blue Colorado Spruce)
Pinus nigra
Thuja occidentalis 'Holmstrup'
(American arbor-vitae)

15 x 1
.
50 x 15
.
100 x 25
11 x 3

 

 

 

 

 

Conical Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet. 300mm = 1 foot
Plants below 2 feet in Height

 

 

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Conical Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants between 2 and 6 feet in Height

 

 

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Conical Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants above 6 feet in Height

 

 

Abies koreana (Korean Fir)
Taxus baccata (Common Yew,
English Yew)
Taxus baccata 'Fastigata Aurea'
(Golden Irish Yew)

30 x 20
25 x 20
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30 x 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

Groundcover Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet. 300mm = 1 foot
Plants below 2 feet in Height

 

 

Juniperus communis 'Repanda'
Juniperus conferta
Juniperus horizontalis
Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'
Juniperus horizontalis
'Emerald Spreader'
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Old Gold'
 

1 x 4
1 x indefinite
1 x indefinite
1 x indefinite
1 x indefinite
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1 x 3
 

 

Groundcover Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants between 2 and 6 feet in Height

 

 

Juniperus communis
var. depressa
Juniperus communis
'Depressa Aurea'
Juniperus procumbens
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Carpet'
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
Microbiota decussata
Picea abies 'Nidiformis'
Podocarpus alpinus
Taxus baccata 'Repandens'
Taxus baccata 'Repens Aurea'
Taxus baccata 'Summergold'
Thuja occidentalis 'Danica'

2 x 5
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2 x 5
.
2.5 x 6
2 x 6
2 x 2
3 x indefinite
5 x 12
6 x 6
2 x 15
4 x 4
2 x 4
2 x 2
 

 

Groundcover Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants above 6 feet in Height

 

 

Pinus mugo 'Mops'
 

11 x 11

 

 

 

 

Upright Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet. 300mm = 1 foot
Plants below 2 feet in Height

 

 

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Upright Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants between 2 and 6 feet in Height

 

 

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Upright Conifer

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants above 6 feet in Height

 

 

Cedrus deodara 'Aurea'
(Golden Deodar)
Juniperus virginia 'Grey Owl'
(Pencil Cedar)
Juniperus virginia 'Skyrocket'
(Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket')

15 x 10
.
10 x 12
.
25 x 2.5

 

 

 

 

 

Others

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet. 300mm = 1 foot
Plants below 2 feet in Height

 

 

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Others

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants between 2 and 6 feet in Height

 

 

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Others

Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants above 6 feet in Height

 

 

Araucaria araucana
Larix kaempferi

60 x 25
100 x 15