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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Columnaris
Lawson cypress
Common Name: Lawson CypressLatin Name: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Columnaris'Soil: Moist but well-drained (will tolerate most soil types)Position: Full sun or shade (Avoid very exposed positions)Hardiness: Fully hardyHeight in 10 years: 2.4m x 2.8mSpecial features: Dense pillar, medium growing, suitable for screening or shrubbery. (Evergreen)A small, narrow, conical tree with densely packed, ascending branches and flattened sprays that are bloomy beneath and at the tips. It is one of the best narrow conifers for the small garden.
Juniperus chinensis Blue Alps
Chinese juniper
Common Name: Chinese JuniperLatin Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Alps'Soil: Moist but well-drained (will tolerate most soil types)Position: Full sun or shadeHardiness: Fully hardyHeight/Spread in 10 years: 2.5m x 2.5mSpecial features: Upright branching habit with weeping tips. Ice blue in colour. (Evergreen)Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Alps' is a vigorous shrub with blue-grey foliage and light chestnut brown ascendant branches. Handsome and characterful, it is one of those plants with an obvious zest for life. If grown as a multi-branched form, it makes a superb fan shape. Use on border or shrubbery.
Juniperus scopulorum Blue Arrow
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Common Name: Rocky Mountain JuniperLatin Name: Juniperus scopulorum 'Blue Arrow'Soil: Moist but well-drained (will tolerate most soil types)Position: Full sun or partial shadeHardiness: Fully hardyHeight in 10 years: 1.5-2mSpecial features: Narrow columnar habit, grey green foliage. (Evergreen)Rocky Mountain Juniper, also known as Juniperus Scopulorum 'Blue Arrow', makes an attractive, slow-growing and very narrow column of evergreen blue-green foliage that can achieve a height of 4 metres with a width of only 50cm. With its narrow, columnar shape, Blue Arrow Juniper adds vertical interest to your landscape. Its compact size makes it a great choice for smaller gardens or tight spaces. Plus, its low maintenance requirements make it a hassle-free choice for busy gardeners.You can also use Rocky Mountain Juniper as a tall hedge to give your space some privacy. Alternatively, they also look great planted in rows. Gardeners often feel that Blue Arrow gives their space a formal or regal look. The needles are pressed close against the branches, giving vertically held looking sprays that, on close inspection, can appear rather coarse looking. Juniperus Scopulorum is the narrowest, most 'pencil like' of all columnar conifers, making it very useful for landscapers. Resilient and hardy, Rocky Mountain Juniper will tolerate most soil types, but it’s best planted it in a sheltered, shady site to encourage its leanness.Add Rocky Mountain Juniper to your space today and watch the vertical growth transform your garden.
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Picea pungens Iseli Fastigiate
Colorado Spruce Iseli Fastigiate
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Iseli FastigiateLatin Name: Picea Pungens 'Iseli Fastigiate'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10-20 years: 5m-10m/0.7mSpecial features: Handsome oval spruce. Blue needles maturing to darker blue-green. Rounded, upright blue spruce with branches that grow vertically upward, rather than horizontally outward as in so many other varieties. The whole tree is shaped like a vertically elongated oval, which gives a pleasingly comfortable outline in a border. Young needles are more silver than the greener mature needles so that there is a pattern of developing colour all over the tree. The colour change is very uniform, and again gives a pleasing aspect to the tree when viewed in the distance. This is a mid-sized to tall conifer which will provide a fine backdrop to a border, or take its place as a specimen tree in a larger landscape.
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Pittosporum Garnettii
Pittosporum
Common Name: PittosporumLatin Name: Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Garnettii'Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April to May/ChocolateHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 4m x 4mSpecial features: Grey-green leaves edged in cream, which gets a pink flush during the winter.This has elliptic leaves coloured pale green and with a neat but irregular white margin which take on pink tints in the winter. The leaves are held on chocolate brown stems on a shrub that is softly conical in outline, with gently spreading branches. There are tiny chocolate coloured flowers in April. These carry a sweet, floral fragrance somewhat reminiscent of a lily. It makes a lovely specimen.
Pittosporum Variegata
Varigated Pittosporum
Common Name: Varigated PittosporumLatin Name: Pittosporum tenuifolium VariegataSoil: fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May to June/Dark purple flowers (unreliable)Hardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 4m x 2mSpecial features: Attractive variegated foliage, useful for flower arranging.Dramatic, dark grey or black young stems clothed with wavy-margined, grey-green leaves edged creamy-white. This large, bushy, evergreen shrub or small tree makes a great feature for a sunny, well-drained border. An excellent plant for warm coastal areas, where it can successfully be grown as an attractive, variegated windbreak or hedge.
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