Rutgers Home Gardeners School: Conifers Plant List
Conifers For The Garden By Walter Cullerton 1 Abies alba 'Pyramadalis' (White fir) 2 Abies balsamea 'Hudsonia' (Balsam fir) 3 Abies koreana 'Horstmann Silberlocke' X3 (Korean Fir) 4 Abies koreana 'Green Carpet' (Korean Fir) 5 Abies koreana 'Blauwe Zwo' (Korean Fir) 6 Abies kpreana 'Ice Breaker' (Korean Fir) 7 Abies fraseri 'Stricta' (Fraser Fir) 8 Abies procera 'Silver' (Noble Fir) 9 Abies lasiocarpa 'Compacta' (Subalpine Fir)
The Cedars 10 Cedrus deodara Aurea? (Himalayan Cedar) 11 Cedrus libanii cones (Cedar of Lebanon) 12 Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' (Atlantic Cedar or Blue Atlas) 13 Cedrus atlantica 'Fastigiata 14 Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula'
The Plum Yew 15 Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Prostrata' (Plum Yew) 16 Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Kelly's Gold'
The False Cedars 17 Chamaecyparis nookatensis 'Green Arrow' X2 (Alaskan Cedar) 18 Chamaecyparis nookatensis 'Van Den Aker' 19 Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Lynn's Golden' (Hinoki Cypress) 20 Chamaecyparis obtusa Fernspray Gold' 21 Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii' 22 Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Snow' (Sawara Cypress) 23 Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Variegata'
The Japanese Cedar 24 Cryptomeria japonica 'Gyokurya' (Japanese Cedar) Cryptomeria japonica 'Spiralis' (Japanese Cedar)
The China Fir 25 Cunninghamia lanceolata 'Glauca' 26 Cunninghamia lanceolata needles
Arizona Cypress 27 Cupressus arizonica var glabra 'Blue Ice' (Arizona Cypress)
The Junipers 28 Juniperus communis 'Gold Cone' (Common Juniper) 29 Jumiperus rigida 'Pendula' (Temple Juniper) 30 Juniperus viginiana 'Gray Owl' a scene (Eastern Red Cedar) 31 Juniper scene with Juniperus communis 'Compressa'
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The Larches- non evergreen 32 Larix decidua 'Varied Directions' X2 (European Larch) 33 Larix kaempferi 'Pendula' (Japanese Larch)
The Spruces 34 Sculpted Norway ? (Norway Spruce) 35 Picea abies 'Acrocona' or 'Pusch' ? 36 Picea abies 'Pendula' X2 37 Picea glauca 'Pendula' (White Spruce) 38 Picea glauca 'Albertiana Conica' 39 Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns' (Serbian Spruce) 40 Picea omorika 'Nana' 41 Picea omorika 'Pimoko' 42 Picea orientalis 'Barnes' (Oriental Spruce) 43 Picea orientalis 'Nigra Compacta' X 2 44 Picea orientalis 'Skylands' 45 Picea pungens 'St Mary's Broom' (Blue/Colorado Spruce) 46 Picea pungens 'The Blues' 47 Picea pungens 'Walnut Glen' 48 Picea pungens 'Globosa' trimmed for shape 49 Picea pungens 'Globosa' with natural shape 50 Picea rubrens 'Pocono' (Red Spruce) 51 Picea sitchensis 'Papoose' (Sitka Spruce)
The Pines 52 Pinus Cellularis (Telephone Pine) 53 Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow' (Japanese Red Pine) 54 Pinus flexilis (Limber Pine) 55 Pinus leucodermis 'Irish Bell' (Bosnian Pine) 56 Pinus nigra 'Obelisk' (Austrian Pine) 57 Pinus nigra…….silver plated bark 58 Pinus parviflora 'Watnong' (Japanese White Pine) 59 Pinus parviflora 'Tamina no Yuki' X 2 60 Pinus parviflora …….close up 61 Pinus parviflora….compact selection; popsicle style 62 Pinus resinosa 'Don Smith' (Red Pine) 63 Pinus strobus 'Pendula' (Eastern White Pine) 64 Pinus strobus 'Stowe's Pillar' 65 Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' (Scotch Pine) 66 Pinus sylvestris 'Repens' 67 Pinus sylvestris…..Bonsai………yours for $2,300 68 Pinus densi-thunbergi 'Beni Kujaku' 69 Pinus wallichiana 'Zebrina' (Himalayan Pine) 70 Pinus wallichiana 'Zebrina' foliage
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72 Sciadopitys verticillata (Umbrella pine) Sciadopitys verticillata 'Ossorios Gold'
Taxodiums-non evergreen 73 Taxodium ascendens 'Nutans' (Pond Cypress) 74 Taxodium ascendens 'Nutans' ………in fall dress 75 Taxodium distichum …….trunk & knees (Swamp/Bald Cypress) 76 Taxodium distichum 'Cascade Falls' X2
The Arborvitaes 77 Thuja occidentalis 'Watnong Gold' (Eastern Arborvitae) 78 Thuja occidentalis 'Wansdyke Silver' 79 Thuja plicata 'Rogersii' (Western Red Cedar)
The Hemlocks 80 Tsuga canadensis 'Hussi' (Canadian Hemlock) 81 Tsuga canadensis 'Cole's Prostrate' 82 Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula' …'Sargents Weeping' 83 Tsuga canadensis 'Everitt's Golden'
Planting Styles 84 Trough rectangular 85 Trough square 86 Trough round 87 A railroad at Marion Martin' nursery X 3 88 Railroad & dwarf conifers at Morris Arboretum 89 An eclectic style integrating dwarf conifers 90 Another eclectic with dwarf conifers 91 Cockeyed conifers, a true conifer garden 92 Rocks, boulders and conifers 93 Acer palmatum 'Shaina' the japanese maple connection 94 Looking out……………….
American Conifer Society (www.conifersociety.org) Founded in 1983 to facilitate the preservation and propagation of dwarf and unusual conifers, to encourage the use of conifers in public and private collections through education, and to register new American cultivars and set a standard for the correct use of conifer names.
Page 3 of 5 Conifers For The Garden By Walter Cullerton Recommended Readings Gardening With Conifers Adrian Bloom 2002 Conifers van Gelderen & .van Hoey Smith 2nd Ed. Conifers For Gardens Richard Bitner 2007 Growing Conifers Brooklyn Botanic Garden 1997
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