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Evergreen Trees, Evergreen Shrubs, Dwarf Evergreen trees Blue Hill Country Garden Home Page Landscape Evergreen Trees and Shrubs About Conifers |
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WHAT TO USE WHERE: Tall and narrow evergreen trees like Pyramidal Arborvitaes and Hetz Junipers add height and drama to the landscape. Use these next to a tall, two or more stories, building. In the yard and garden use them as a dramatic accent when you want a sweeping up toward the sky effect. They can also be effective in screening utility poles from view. Large evergreen trees like Native Spruce, Hemlock, Pine and Fir are best kept at a slight distance from buildings. Pruning such evergreen trees while still young will cause them to become chubbier and thicker growing. Use them to block unsightly views, as windbreaks, large hedges and noise blockers. Large evergreen trees create an atmosphere of calm. Having a group of evergreen trees in the yard is like having a group of friends always there waiting for your return. Broad growing evergreen trees such as Techney and Nigra Arborvitaes, mid size Junipers, Muhgo Pines and Capitata Yews are quite versatile. They can all be used as specimen plants alone or in groupings. They make fine hedge stock. All can be used as foundation plantings around fairly large buildings. Any except the Muhgo Pine would be a good choice to hide service meters or screen from view any number of distracting views.  Microbiota Decussata / Siberian Carpet Cypress is an evergreen shrub that grows horizontal. A bright green in summer turning to purple in winter. height is only 12- 18 inches with width of 9 foot. Though this one looks like juniper it can grow in the shade where juniper fails to grow. |
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 Fat Albert Spruce is an evergreen tree that is an intermediate grower with a silver blue color grows very wide and chubby in proportion to height.  Japanese Umbrella Pine - Sciadopitys verticillata is an evergreen tree from southern Japan that has thick dark green needles that grow from the ends in whorls like an umbrella. Growth habit looks like little umbrellas thus earning it's name. 30 ft to 50 ft at maturity.  Gold Cone Juniper is an upright evergreen tree or shrub that is bright gold on the tips with a lime interior color. Growth is upright at less than two to three inches per year and 5 -6 foot at twenty years. Nice bright gold specimen for contrast color in the landscape. |
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Pumilla Spruce is an evergreen tree or shrub that is slow growing. Dark green needles with 3 -4 inch growth per year forming a cushion shape wider than tall.3 to 4 foot wide at twenty years |
 Heather Bun is an evergreen tree or shrub that is a Chamacyparis thoides. Green in summer turning to a bronsy purple in winter. Slow growing with an upright habit growing 3 to 5 foot tall in 20 years. |
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Pinus Sea Urchin is an evergreen tree or shrub that is a miniature white pine.Growth is less than two inches per year and two foot by two foot at 20 years. Soft Bluish green needles of 1 to 2 inches in length. |
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 Evergreen Tree Balsam Fir Balsam Fir evergreen trees are used extensively as Christmas trees. Usually pruned for six to seven years before harvest. When allowed to grow the mature size is approximately 60'. Balsam Fir is one of the sweetest smelling evergreen trees in the Maine woods. On a warm afternoon the scent of Balsam permeates the air. Balsam Fir evergreen trees are harvested to cut into stud wood or pruned and harvested at seven to eight years old for Christmas trees. Balsam Firs can be trimmed to used as landscape evergreens in the home yard. The cone is very small and not long lasting. The finger like tips of this evergreen tree are gathered to make into Christmas wreaths in November and December. |
 Evergreen Tree Thuya Arborvitae Snowtip Cedar Unusual white tips of new growth on a dark green Cedar, the Thuya Arborvitae Snowtip is dwarf in growth pattern. Mature size is 7 feet tall Something a little different in the Thuya family. The evergreen tree Snowtip is a dark green cedar with silver white tips of new growth. An excellent accent when grown with other landscape evergreen trees and shrubs. |
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 Chamacyparis Templehof Dwarf Landscape Evergreen shrub Slow growing to 8Ft. at maturity The Chamacyparis Templehof has lacy foliage. As a slow growing evergreen shrub it can be used in specialty beds or as a landscape foundation plant. The foliage is excellent contrast to the foliage of pines and spruces  Pinus Mitch Mini The smallest mugo pine there is ! Very slow growing dark green evergreen tree or shrub with needles only an inch long with annual growth of two inches. |
 Evergreen Tree Blue Bird's Nest Spruce Ornamental Evergreen Shrub from the black spruce family. Very slow growing with only two inches of growth per year. Late budding that misses most late frost in the north. Aqua green new growth turning blue in summer.  Mature Blue Bird's Nest Spruce |
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 Evergreen Tree Juniper Robusta Green Intermediate Landscape Evergreen Tree 3FT wide x 10FT tall at maturity The Robusta Green Junipers in our garden are the most commented on landscape evergreens that we have. As a landscape tree the Robusta Green is unique. The shape of this evergreen tree can be erratic or trim it as you will. |
 Picea Ohlandorffi Spruce Intermediate Landscape Evergreen Shrub. The Picea Ohlandorffi Spruce is approximately 10Ft. tall at maturity growing round when young and building a center terminal and upright in maturity. The Ohlandorffi Spruce landscape evergreen has short tight growing tiny needles bright green in new growth turning dark green later in summer.. |
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 Dwarf Scotch Pine Evergreen Tree Pinus Sylvester Veridis aka Dwarf Scotch Pine Pinus Sylvester is a beautiful aqua green colored landscape evergreen. It grows in a conical shape into a very thick and full dwarf evergreen tree. A very useful and nice addition to any landscape evergreens design. Best in USDA Zones 2-7  Thuya Arborvitae Hetz Midget Compact Miniature Evergreen shrub. The Thuya Arborvitae Hetz Midget forms a neat globe shaped conifer. Mature size 3 foot. Hetz Midget is one of the smallest miniature landscape evergreens. It is a very neat and tidy conifer growing in a natural round shape. |
 The round dwarf evergreen cedars are Hetz Midgets and the taller cone shaped evergreen next to them is an Emerald Green Arborvitae. The shorter cone shaped evergreen shrubs are Holmstrup Arborvitae. These landscape evergreens have been trimmed for a smoother slightly more formal look. Dwarf Conifers are ideally suited for today's home landscape projects. Dwarf landscape evergreens will stay small and with just a little pruning hold their shape for many years. A plant that does not lose it's leaves or needles in the winter is a huge asset to the landscape. Using all deciduous {deciduous plants lose their leaves in winter} trees and shrubs will leave your landscape looking like just a bunch of sticks in the winter. Foundation plantings around the house itself have substance that is always there when landscape evergreens have been used. Pictures of Evergreen Trees and Shrubs in group plantings. |
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 Evergreen Tree Picea Little Gem Spruce Miniature Evergreen Shrub Very slow grower. Never needs pruning. 30" wide x 12" height at 20 years The Little Gem Spruce really is a little gem ! Growth habit is very neat and tidy. Everyone loves this dwarf landscape evergreen. The Little Gem Spruce never needs trimming. It is a true miniature conifer that fits into any landscape.  Pinus Sylvestris Repens is an evergreen tree or shrub Very Slow growing Scotch Pine- nice blue green color . Mounding habit growing less than three inches per year. Very stiff sharp needles. Grows wider than tall.  Picea Mucronata Miniature Landscape Evergreen Shrub Picea Mucronata Spruce Landscape Evergreen shrub Mucranata has short dark green needles. This conifer be used in a specimen bed or home landscape. See About Conifers page for more information about landscape evergreen conifers, evergreen trees and evergreen shrub forms. Old wood or bark landscape mulch works great around landscape evergreens, evergreen trees and evergreen shrubs. A thick mulch of three to four inches is best. Landscape mulch holds moisture protecting the soil from excessive drying and is an added layer in the effort to suppress weeds. Landscape evergreens stand out against a background of a natural color bark mulch.  |
 Thuya Arborvitae Danica Evergreen Shrub A dwarf globe cedar Thuya Arborvitae Danica. We use dwarf landscape evergreen globe cedars liberally throughout the garden landscape. They have a neat growth pattern. The very round shape of this conifer is unusual and is easy to maintain. Trimming results in a smoother and more formal appearance.  Thuya Arborvitae Danica. One of many compact slow growing landscape evergreens. This shrub has not been trimmed. In the ground about three years. Use Landscape Evergreen Trees and Shrubs in your yard for year round color and interest. Unlike annuals and perennials, the landscape evergreens, also know as conifers, evergreen shrubs or evergreen trees, retain their foliage or needles year round. Rhododendrons and some Azaleas are considered to be evergreen shrubs also because they retain their leaves during the winter. Landscape evergreen trees and evergreen shrubs require very little care after they are established. As with all plants extra care and attention to watering evergreen trees and shrubs in the first year of planting is essential. Evergreen trees live for mulch. Well aged bark, peat moss and or pine straw are excellent mulches for all conifers.  Evergreen Tree Thuya Arborvitae Holmstrup Cedar Dwarf evergreen landscape tree the Thuya Arborvitae Holmstrup Cedar is approximately 8 Foot tall at maturity. Conical growth The Holmstrup cedar is a very versatile dwarf evergreen tree. Use it as a specimen landscape tree, in perennial beds or conifer displays. It is excellent as a foundation shrub and makes a nice conifer hedge. |
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