CONIFERS

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.