CONIFERS

This Sawara Cypress makes a compact slow growing specimen. Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue' forms a dense cone shaped conifer with handsome silver-blue foliage. During particularly cold periods it may take on attractive purple tones that add to its appeal. This striking evergreen is particularly eye-catching when grown alongside darker conifers for an attractive contrast. Height: 100cm. Spread: 80cm.Sold in a 2 litre pot.

Long, slender shoots create a distinctive (and fun) moptop-like effect, which in time will slowly spread to form a flat-topped green mound. It makes a handsome, low-growing specimen for the front of the border, and could also be planted en-masse to form dense year-round ground cover.Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moist, well-drained neutral to slightly acid soilRate of growth: slow-growingHardiness: fully hardySold in a 3 litre pot.

Perfect for a small garden, this dwarf Cypress boasts beautiful, year round, pale gold foliage and a low growing, mound forming habit. Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Kamarachiba' will grow to just 90cm x 1 metre in 20 years making it ideal for rockeries, patios and container growing as well as border fronts.Kamarachiba looks best in winter when the arching golden foliage is tipped with orange and yellow. Chamaecyparis Kamarachiba has received the RHS Award of Garden Merit and prefers a moist but well-drained soil, out of exposure to strong winds.Sold in a 3 litre pot.

'Sungold' is a slow-growing, mound-forming, small coniferous shrub to 3m tall and wide. The thin, thread-like foliage held on stringy, weeping branches emerges golden-yellow before eventually maturing to a lime-green colour.Spread x Height: 2.5m - 4mtr x 2.5m x 4mtr (20-50 years)This conifer is a 2 litre pot.

Six mixed conifers to this pack.

Cupressus Arizonica Fastigiata is an attractive evergreen conifer perfect for bringing height to the garden. The foliage is lightly scented and grows in bunches that are larger at the base to create a tall oval-shaped column. Conifers are hardy and Blue Arizona Cypress is no exception. It will survive sub-zero temperatures, frost, and snow if its roots are well-drained. It tolerates drought once established and rarely attracts pests. Sold in a 10 litre pot.

‘Wilma’ is an easy to grow small evergreen conifer which has a neat and columnar habit. The evergreen foliage is a vibrant bright yellow-green in colour and has the most delightful lemon scent which is particularly fragrant when the leaves are cut or crushed. This conifer is ideal for adding year-round colour to your garden and is well-suited to being planted in a shrubbery or a sunny border. Plant ‘Wilma’ alongside a darker conifer like the Thuja Smaragd for contrasting foliage colours.A must for any garden needing a burst of beautiful and bright year-round colour.Common Name: Montery CypressLatin Name: Cupressus macrocarpa 'Goldcrest Wilma'Soil: Moist but well-drained (will tolerate most soil types)Position: Full sunHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 3m x 1mSpecial features: Glowing golden green lemon scented foliage and an attractive columnar shape (Evergreen)Sold in a 7.5 litre pot.

Juniper squamata Blue Star is a lovely silver-blue-green, dwarf growing conifier with a rounded habit, very hardy and slow growing, usually grows to only 1 foot tall after 5 years, but over time fans out to a width of over 1m.Sold in a 2 litre pot.

Short, dense, plume-like branches of aromatic, steely-blue leaves and ovoid, dark blue cones. This creeping juniper is an excellent ground cover plant for a well-drained shrub or mixed border. Perfect for softening the edges of paths and driveways, the handsome, steely-blue foliage takes on purple tints in winter.Position: full sun or lightly dappled shadeSoil: any well-drained soilRate of growth: slowHardiness: fully hardySold in a 2 litre pot.

This is an attractive, evergreen conifer with a compact, spreading growth habit. Lacy, golden-yellow new growth is produced in late spring and early summer. This retains its colour exceptionally well throughout summer and autumn, before darkening to a handsome shade of bronze in the winter.It's normally grown for its compact size and attractive winter colour, and is ideal for using as a foundation plant, specimen shrub or mass planting. It is drought tolerant once established and should be grown in full sun for best colour.Position: Full sun, Partial shadeSoil Moisture: Well-drainedSold in a 2 litre pot.

This Juniper is a sleek, upright conifer with aromatic needles of a grey green colour. It is best situated in a sunny location or dappled shade in any well drained soil, is a low maintenance plant and is very hardy.Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moist, well-drained neutral to slightly acid soilRate of growth: slow-growingHardiness: fully hardySold in a 2 litre pot.

Perfect for a short-term, table-top Christmas tree, this conifer may not come as a perfect pyramid, but it looks charming, especially when adorned with decorations, lights or tinsel. Try to keep it in a cool, bright room and move it outside as soon as possible after Christmas, where you can enjoy it for the rest of the year. It is currently around 45cm tall (including the pot) and has beautiful, blue tinged green, needle-like leaves. As it matures it will also produce oval, green summer cones that age to brown. A slow-growing, broadly conical, evergreen conifer is an excellent specimen tree for a small, sunny garden. Best in moist, well-drained, neutral to acid soil or ericaceous compost if you wish to keep it in a pot.Position: full sunSoil: deep, moist, well-drained, neutral to acid soilRate of growth: slow-growingHardiness: fully hardySold in a 2 litre pot. Approximate height 45cm.