Plant Winter Interest With Conifers

Conifers come in all sizes, shapes, and colors

One of my favored elbow room to get ideas for my own yard is to visit public gardens . Great public gardens give me a chance to see fledged specimen of Tree , shrub , and perennials and then resolve which 1 I would like best for my own space . A few years ago , I visit the fantastical conifer assembling at Hidden Lake Gardens in Tipton , Michigan , which has a really rattling collection of these great evergreen trees . In many climates , dusk is a great time to plant tree , so now is a good time to pick out a new conifer or two for your own garden .

Here are some of my favourite .

Blue mask white true fir ( genus Abies concolor‘Blue Cloak ’ , zone 4–8 ) . coniferous tree may not have jazzy flowers , but they can contribute a lot of color from their needles . This selection of true fir is one of the good , with incredible gloomy - green needles , on a plant that stays compact , making it perfect for a small garden .

verbalize of colour , how about this gilded hinoki false cypress tree ( Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘ Crispii ’ , geographical zone 4–8 ) ? The flat sprays of needles are a bright Au that is particularly vivid in the winter , exactly when you need coloration the most .

Weeping white-hot pine ( Pinus strobus‘Pendula ’ , Zones 3–8 ) is one of those plants that goes through an ugly phase . Young specimen are awkward and kind of ridiculous looking . But once they get matured , they explicate into beautiful , graceful tree diagram that are a perfect accompaniment to every garden .

Dwarf Norway spruce ( Picea abies‘Pumila ’ , Zones 2–8 ) is an unusual little industrial plant that commence lifetime as a downcast knoll and finally , slowly , spreads to make a flat gym mat of double-dyed green foliage .

Here ’s the wide view of part of the conifer collection at Hidden Lake Gardens . awful how a beautiful space can be make just by using unlike colour , shapes , and sizes of conifers !

For more ideas on design with conifers , check outthis article .

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