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Taxodium distichum
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ca$ 4.75 |
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| Curious, cone-shaped "knees" grow above the soil in particularly wet sites. These knees help stabilizes the tree. Bright green, two-ranked leaves turn rust colour in the autumn before falling. This columnar deciduous conifer eventually reaches a height of 39 meters (130 feet). |
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Abies koreana 'Golden Selection'
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ca$ 4.95 |
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| This seed has been collected from an as of yet unnamed selection in VanDusen's collection. Growth of the parent tree appears to be limited, dense and bushy. The cones develop a deep grey-violet colour and mature to dark brown in the late fall. Typical of Abies species, the cones disintegrate to... |
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Cedrus deodara
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ca$ 4.95 |
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| Conical coniferous tree with glaucous, mid-green needles. The graceful spreading branches have pendent shoot tips. Bark is dark brown to black and is attractive. Ultimate height 130 feet; spread 30 feet. |
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides
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ca$ 4.95 |
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| This tree, if given bright sun and plenty of moisture, will grow rapidly and can attain heghts in excess of 15m (50ft) in 20 years. The bright green foliage turns golden-orange in the fall, and then drops to expose the red-brown bark of the trunk. May be suitable for Bonsai culture, but little data... |
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Picea likiangensis
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ca$ 4.95 |
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| Growing as tall as 30m (100ft) in the wild, this conifer is likely to remain somewhat smaller in cultivation. The almost pendent new growth is bright green and highlights the violet cones very well. Foliage matures to dark green while the cones will mature to rich brown. |
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Picea torano
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ca$ 4.95 |
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| Pyramidal evergreen conifer to 30 meters high, with long drooping shoots on older trees that resemble a tiger's tail. The bark is gray-brown, deeply fissured and peeling in scales. Bears red-purple pollen cones and brown oblong seed cones. |
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Pinus armandii
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ca$ 4.95 |
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| This broadly conical pine deep green leaves, borne in fives. Bears cylindrical female cones 5-8 inches long. Height 50 feet; spread 20 feet. |
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Cunninghamia lanceolata
Syn. Cunninghamia konishii
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ca$ 5.25 |
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| An elegant conifer, rare in western gardens. Suited best to damp climates as drier conditions may cause excessive browning of the needles. A real connoisseur's tree. The colouration of the needles and branches ranges from blue-green on new growth, through bright green on older material to bright... |
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Sciadopitys verticillata
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ca$ 5.25 |
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| This tree is a true living fossil and one of the oldest known conifers still surviving today. Slow growing, individual trees can live for centuries, if not millennia. Well suited to temperate coastal climates, this tree will be the focal point of any garden. Occurs in mixed middle altitude cloud... |
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Tsuga forrestii
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ca$ 5.95 |
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| Evergreen conifer with flattened needles with silvery white bands beneath and pendent leading shoots. Produces small ovoid female cones that are pendent. Height to 80 feet. |
