Choosing The Right Conifer
Hedging Conifers
Cupressus Leylandii
Fastest growing conifers of all, growing on average 3ft per year.
Need to be maintained annually once they reach required height.
Sizes in stock / Prices
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18in to 2ft - £3.75
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4ft - £7
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5.5ft to 6ft - £14.50
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8.5ft to 9ft - £40
Cupressus Castlewellan
Gold eqivalent of Cupressus Leylandii (above). Not quite as fast growing - 2 to 2.5 feet per year.
Bright gold in summer, turning to a bronze colour in winter. They can also be used as a specimen conifer as they form a flame shape.
Sizes in stock / Prices
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2ft £3.75
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5 to 5.5ft - £14.50
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5.5ft to 6ft - £14.50
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9ft - £40
Thuja - plicata atrovirens
Not quite as fast growing as Leylandii. Has an advantage over Leylandii as you can cut into the old wood and new growth will appear.
Growth rate is around 12 to 18 inches per year.
Sizes in stock / Prices
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Appriximately 4.5ft - £20
Taxus - baccata (Yew)
Bushy conifer. Produces red berries. Various sizes available.
Sizes in stock / Prices
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Approximately 18in - £8.50
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Upto 3.5ft - £35
Specimen Conifers
Chamaecyparis
Pembury Blue - medium sized conifer - £25
Golden Wonder - medium sized conifer - £25
Erectaviridis
Pottenii
Winston Churchill
Stardust
Lanei
Stewartii
Columnaris Glauc
Green Hedger
Fletcherii
Fletcherii Aurea
Fraserii
Aullumii
Aullumii Gold (below)
Silver Queen (below)
Thuja
Smaragd
Pyramidalis Compacta
Yellow Ribbon
Zebrina
Dwarf Conifers
Prices range from £5 to £15
Thuja Rheingold - ultimately reaching 4 feet and turns copper-bronze in winter.
Thuja Rosedalis - ultimately reaching 5 feet and turns purple in winter.
Pygmea Argentia - grows to around 3 feet.
Cham Filifera Aurea - makes a gold mound.
Juniper Old Gold - low ground cover
Cham Sunkist - ultimately reaching 5 to 6 feet.
Thuja Holmstrup - reaches 6 feet. Compact growing habit.
Picea Mungo Mops
Picea Mungo Gnome
Juniper
Juniper Skyrocket - ultimately reaches 9 feet and is a blue-grey colour.
Blue Arrow - not quite 9 feet and is more blue than Juniper Skyrocket (above). Very slim and pencil-like.
Juniper Suecica - narrow growing habit. Blue-green in colour.
Juniper Grey Owl - low spreading habit. Can become quite large.
Pfitzeriana Aurea - large low-growing conifer. Can spread 5 or 6 feet.
Sedrus
Deodara - pendulous habit. Graceful appearance.
Deodara Aurea - gold version of Deodara (above).
Sedrus Atlantica
Tsuga
Canadensis - bushy conifer turning bronze in winter.
Abies
Abies Coreana (Korean Fir)
Bares purple cones from very early age.
Picea
Globosa
Taxus
Baccata Aurea
Taxus
Taxus Sempervirens