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The pendulous branches and leader of this informal, upright European silver fir spiral or twist to give it a very attractive, sculptural appeal. New light green needles that mature to glossy green are decorated by silvery undersides.
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Compact and columnar, this form of Fraser fir is a good choice for the small garden, where its short, horizontal branches and short, dense needles deliver an upright evergreen presence in little room. Shiny, dark green needles are complemented by upright, resinous cones.
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Powder blue needles decorate the stems of this sub-alpine fir and give it a very soft appearance. Dense branching creates a tight conical form that grows very slowly. Abies lasiocarpa var. Arizonica 'Glauca Compacta.'
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A columnar upright with weeping branches. Blue-green foliage. Can tolerate very shady sites.
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One of the most narrow conifers in existence. This variety is only about 1' wide when it is 8' tall. Sporadic side branches give unique character, or can be removed for a perfectly-narrow vertical element. Green foliage.
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Tufts of golden and yellow-green compressed foliage. Pyramidal to broadly-pyramidal habit. A popular selection for many years.
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Semi dwarf and compact with golden foliage.
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This attractive, slow-growing Hinoki cypress has unique foliage: dazzling yellow works with green highlights and creamy centers to brighten the scene. In most locations, the bright foliage does not burn, even in full sun.
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We grow very few Hinoki Cypress, only the best. This is the BEST yellow-foliage form. Interior light green contrasts brilliant cream-yellow, making this variety effectively "Glow."
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Similar to Gracilis, but with even more tight and rich cupped foliage. Popular rock garden plant. The plants available in #1 containers are 7-years old - most companies do not grow the miniature form that we do because it's not exactly a money maker! The photo showing large plants is from Zundert, Netherlands. Those plants were 46-years old at the time.
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Golden threads of yellow foliage layer to form a broad mound.
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Clean yellow-green variegated leaves and profuse white flowers. A long display of fall color showcases peach, purple and magenta colors.
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Lemon to butter-yellow foliage along with a narrow-weeping form make this tree stand out in the landscape
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Deciduous. A columnar form with golden-yellow spring leaves turning lime-green in summer. Fall color is bright golden-orange.
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Deciduous. A columnar form with dark purple leaves. Similar to 'Red Obelisk' - both are phenomenal columnar purple forms.
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A broom found on a 150-year old Ginkgo by David Dusenbury, curator of the historic Hunnewell Pinetum in Wellesley, MA. The original tree, approximately 90' tall has has the gnarled broom which is about 6' x 6' at a height of 20' off of the ground. Our cuttings came directly from the broom.
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Densely-packed with plush green leaves. This variety has become a standard in Europe and will follow suit in the US. Originally found as a witches' broom by Piet Vergeldt in the Netherlands in 1995.
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Deciduous. A compact ovular to conical crown with dense foliage. Deeply cut narrow foliage gives the tree a lacey look.
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A tight bushy dwarf with rounded lush dark green leaves. A great name for a great plant.
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Deciduous. A small form with upward-facing curled leaves that hold a few drops of water. The leaves appearing first are rolled, others are dissected. Makes a unique small specimen. Also known as 'Tubeleaf', 'Tubuliformis' and 'Tubifolia'
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A very curious new small tree, this weeping Ginkgo has an upright leader and horizontal-to-pendulous side branches. Leaves of the slow-growing deciduous conifer vary in size, shape and thickness and some display lime-green variegation. Also known in Europe as 'Mutant Weeper.'
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Lemon foliage can burn in winter sun. When healthy colors are beautiful.
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Bright yellow to lime-green summer color becomes bright orange-copper in winter.
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A mounding plant with sweeping slender branches. Lush blue-green foliage and tight habit.
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Deciduous. This heavily weeping selection has lime green foliage in spring. Fall color is golden to yellow. Excellent waterfall form if staked, otherwise an equally interesting mound form.
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In spring, the new growth of this small, globe-shaped American larch hints of sparklers, as new blue needles with powder-blue and green tones burst on the scene. In fall, the needles of the extremely hardy deciduous conifer change to an excellent, rich yellow.
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A somewhat open tree, this American larch produces an upright central leader and weeping branches that hang close to the trunk. The bright green needles of the deciduous conifer change to yellows and oranges before falling for winter.
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Deciduous. A narrow upright with golden-yellow foliage. Can really brighten a landscape! Also known by it's Japanese names 'Ogon' meaning "gold" and 'Golden Ogi' meaning "golden mantle." Fast growing.
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The first dawn redwood with pendulous branches, this truly outstanding introduction has gracefully weeping branches with delicate, soft, gray-green foliage and a beautiful sculptural form. If staked, it can be rather tall and narrow. The deciduous foliage goes rich orange in fall before dropping to show off beautiful peeling bark for winter.
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Deciduous. A dwarf globose to broadly-pyramidal form with cream-yellow foliage with reddish branchlet highlights. Can burn in full sun. Sold under the name of 'Schirrmann's Nordlicht' in Europe. This is a spectacular variety, the best dwarf dawn redwood that we have seen in all our travels. This is a WB found on 'White Spot'. In the garden of Henk van Kempen in the Netherlands we saw one of the first grafts, and at 12-years old the tree was 7' tall and 3' wide, incredibly tight as well. A true winner.
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A narrow, columnar form of dawn redwood, this beauty boasts both great foliage and handsome bark. Its delicate green foliage turns orange-yellow in fall. In winter, after the needles have fallen, the striking reddish and black peeling bark lends a handsome look.
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A golden form with some green showing at the tips. Grows much more slowly than Aurea. When young it has a bun or mound form, later developing a central leader and becoming pyramidal. Misspelled by most and sold as 'Aurea Jacobsen.' Both names are technically illegitimate because Latin cannot be used in cultivar names published after January 1, 1959.
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A dwarf broad pyramid with dense branching. Found in 1838 in Ireland and named for Lord Clanbrassil.
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A dwarf to intermediate growing variety that is dark green-except for when it's new growth is magenta in spring. The outstanding color show will a few days in warm weather, or a few weeks if cool temperatures persist. It is also known incorrectly as 'Lundell's Red Needle' and 'Crusita.'
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A narrow pyramidal form, similar to the species, but with soft yellow spring growth glowing on top of the green.
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This prostrate Norway spruce has dark greenfoliage that forms a slow-growing weeping mound. It can be trained over rocks, allowed to carpet the ground, or staked to achieve some height from which the branches will gracefully drape.
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A blue-green weeping spruce. Similar to the weeping Norway Spruce Picea abies 'Inversa' which is often sold as Picea abies 'Pendula,' but blue. To clarify with regards to form, 'Inversa' is mounded and many great specimens have been staked or high-grafted, gracefully weeping down - they have no upright central leader.
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A weeping golden form! Pendulous branches and a drifting (upright) or weeping central leader. Can be staked to form an upright weeper, or untrained to be a cascading mound. Yellow color is more pronounced in full sun, but can burn young plants. Discovered as a sport on 'Reflexa' by Bob Fincham. (Many believe 'Reflexa' and 'Inversa' are the same plant.)
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A tight narrow pyramid with gold-dusted bluish-green needles. Neeles are gold at the stem base and green toward the tip.
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A dwarf globose form with small green needles. Grows as wide as tall.
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An open narrow pyramidal form with dark green foliage. Side branches are short and contorted, main leader is straight and can aggressively put on a few feet of growth.
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A large weeping mound form of the Norway Spruce. Often seen in cemeteries and historical locations. The Norway spruce names are greatly mixed up in the trade. This mound form which we are describing can also be sold as 'Pendula' and is likely the same as 'Reflexa.' Either way, this is the mound form that develops a great skirt and there is no distinct upright central leader.
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A dense dwarf ball with short green foliage. After time, it can develop a leader, becoming conical.
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A narrow form with dark green needles. The central leader can put on 2' of growth in one year once established. Similar, but a great improvement over 'Hillside Upright.' By comparison, 'Middle Finger' has side branches that are not just stubs, they grow about half as quickly as the leader, thereby developing a more uniform open columnar form. The side branches have a dominant central bud, which is held upright, hence the name 'Middle Finger.' A chance seedlings Norway spruce found along a highway by Richard Haslebacher of Woods Creek Horticultural, Silverton, OR.
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A dwarf with lemon-lime-yellow-green foliage. Looks nicer in winter.
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Pendula' has an upright leader that can be straight or at an irregular angle. All branches are pendulous. Overall plant shape can greatly vary depending on leader training. We grow the mound form under the name of 'Hillside Upright' and the spreading weeping form we grow is 'Formanek.'
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A dwarf pyramidal form with extremely bright - almost fluorescent - gold foliage in spring. Color persists for a few months, gradually fading to green. Grows best in part shade - can burn in full sun.
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An extremely narrow weeping tree, this Norway spruce stays less than 2' wide when 10' tall, and does it not require staking. Shaped like a cylindrical fountain, the tree's branches suggest water neatly cascading until it hits the ground and then spreading at its base to develop a beautiful pool. Also known as 'Rotenhaus' or 'Rottenhaus.'
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New growth emerges red in the spring, fading after about two weeks to green. Makes a very large open-structured conical tree.
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Horizontal branches spread and stack in layers to make a broad pyramidal form. Looks as if it has been meticulously trained to form even layers that progressively decrease in size. It looks like the profile of a heavily-wooded mountain from the side, hence the name 'Soft Mountain.' A great find by Richard Haslebacher, Woods Creek Horticultural, LLC., Silverton, OR, being introduced by Rare Tree Nursery.
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