conifers - A Selection

Transform your garden with Taxus baccata, the quintessential English Yew renowned for its versatility and enduring beauty. This medium-sized, bushy evergreen tree features narrow, leathery dark green leaves that create a lush, dense canopy year-round. Whether used as a formal hedge, backdrop for herbaceous beds, or a striking standalone specimen, the Yew?s classic form and deep green foliage add timeless elegance to any landscape.Taxus baccata thrives in a variety of conditions, from full sun

Pinus nigra 'Nana' is an attractive dwarf conifer with upright branches that are cloaked in long, slender green needles which give it a fluffy appearance. A low maintenance Black Pine that gradually forms a graceful, rounded mound. Pinus nigra 'Nana' is ideal for contrasting with other conifers in rockeries and containers. A slow-growing variety that is perfect for small gardens and makes an excellent alternative to topiary balls. As with many pines, 'Nana' copes well in a wide variety of

Very slender in habit, this evergreen conifer is tall and columnar with a dense covering of aromatic, green needle-like leaves. Juniperus communis 'Arnold' is excellent for providing vertical accents in the garden all year round and is a brilliant alternative to Italian Cypress. Happy in a wide range of soils and tolerant of drought once established, this robust Juniper is perfect for low maintenance gardens, Mediterranean gardens and winter interest, where it pairs wonderfully with winter

Due to its fantastic garden performance; Juniperus Communis Repanda earned itself an RHS Award of Garden Merit! This low-spreading Common Juniper has a low, mat-forming habit; perfect for evergreen ground cover. Its prostrate branches are carpeted in thin, dark-green foliage; earning shades of bronze throughout Winter. When established, the Juniperus Communis Repanda is an extremely versatile and low maintenance conifer; just like all Junipers. Height: 50cm. Spread 2.5m. The height and spread

Pinus strobus 'Minima' is slow growing, evergreen and compact, giving all year-round interest to your borders and rock gardens. Blue-green needles have a silver shimmer and are produced in clusters. Fantastic addition to patio pots too, for it can make a superb specimen plant. Pinus strobus 'Minima' tolerates dry and exposed situations. Height and spread: 90cm (30).

This dwarf spruce grows into a lovely flat-topped globe with needle-like dark green foliage. This slow-growing conifer remains small, dense, and compact, taking many years to reach a height of 50 cm (20 inches) in stature. Picea 'Little Gem' is a low-maintenance conifer that is ideal for small gardens. Picea 'Little Gem' can be planted in borders, rockeries, or patio containers, where the evergreen miniature trees will provide interest all year. Height and Spread: 50 cm (20).

A stately, columnar Yew that cuts a tall, imposing figure in the landscape. The dark, evergreen foliage of Taxus baccata 'Black Tower' provides year-round colour and structure ? a living exclamation mark among more spreading species! Like all Yew, it lends itself nicely to topiary, forming a natural sculpture with regular pruning. With relatively slow growth, it makes a fine specimen tree after many years, but can be grown to good effect in a smaller garden, where it is slow to outgrow its

The golden foliage of Taxus baccata 'Kupfergold' and its compact, slow growing nature, make it a great choice for adding a splash of year-round colour to the garden. Grow this Yew in a prominent position where you can enjoy the neat bush form. It is an easy-going plant, happy in sun or shade, and not fussy about soil type. The leaves are toxic if eaten by animals or humans. Height: 2m (7'). Spread: 1.5m (5').

a slow-growing, dwarf columnar evergreen shrub

An award-winning conifer

Picea abies 'Arocana' is dwarf, hardy and evergreen, providing all year-round interest in gardens, in any weather, while remaining neat and tidy with no need to trim or upkeep. A variety of Norway Spruce that is dwarf, but otherwise identical in almost every way. Red and upright cones contrast the foliage beneath, turning tan coloured in summer as the sun fades it. Picea abies 'Arocana' is a vigorous tree that is suited as a specimen tree all year-round needing almost no maintenance to thrive.

As the name suggests, Juniperus squamata 'Little Joanna' is exceptionally neat and compact. The perfect choice for adding evergreen colour to winter containers and alpine troughs! Steely-blue foliage is densely crowded onto feathered branches, which grow with a flat, spreading habit. This dwarf conifer is easy to grow, needing little maintenance and tolerating most garden conditions with ease. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 40cm (16).Plant height and spread is seasonal therefore we list by pot size

A dense, compact variety that requires almost no pruning, reaching only 80cm high and wide in ten years. It is particularly well suited to growing as a low hedge.

With the smallest needles of any Picea around, 'Planet Blue' is a dwarf variety with extremely fine, blue-green needle-like foliage which forms a cute little cushion. This White Spruce is a slow growing hardy shrub with a compact habit, growing less than ½ an inch each year. A low maintenance conifer which is ideal for smaller gardens, Picea 'Planet Blue' will make a great display in your sunny garden borders, troughs or rockeries where its evergreen foliage will provide all year round colour

Pinus mugo 'Varella' has an unusual but pleasing appearance for a Pine. The glossy green, very slender needles consist of 2 different lengths. The previous years growth shows the longest needles, while the current growth appears in clusters at the tips, waiting almost until the following spring before extending in length.

This Sawara Cypress makes a compact slow growing specimen. Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue' forms a dense cone shaped conifer with handsome silver-blue foliage. During particularly cold periods it may take on attractive purple tones that add to its appeal.