Conifers

Commonly known as Weeping Nootka Cypress is a medium sized, upright, evergreen conifer which has long, spreading branches with trailing dark grey-green, drooping curtains of foliage. Received a RHS Award of Garden Merit.

A remarkable and lovely form. The delicate filigree leaves remain gold throughout the summer ending in an autumn display of orange and golden tints. It also has the same shaggy soft cinnamon bark as M. glyptostroboides. It is slower growing than the normal ‘Dawn Redwood’ and produces little shade due to its thin conical shape. Ideal for planting near water as it particularly enjoys moist conditions.

A vigorous columnar evergreen conifer to 25m or more with golden-yellow foliage sometimes tinged bronze. Ideal for hedging if kept trimmed.

A very fast-growing evergreen conifer to 40m if left unchecked, ideal for hedging if kept trimmed.

Also known as 'Common Yew' or 'English Yew', Taxus baccata is a native bushy evergreen tree with narrow dark green leaves commonly found in church yards. Yew makes excellent hedging and topiary responding really well to trimming. Quite slow growing so only needs shaping once each year. Yew hedges are very dense and are loved by birds for nesting and protection and for their red fruits. All parts of these plants are poisonous for humans.

A low growing, spreading evergreen conifer with creamy yellow new growth in spring which change to salmon pink then green and bronze in autumn. A female variety which will bear bright red fruit if grown near a male variety. Holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Grown for its narrow conical habit Juniperus chinensis 'Stricta' makes a wonderful formal architectural statement all year round adding vertical accents to a garden or landscape without getting too tall. It has dense soft blue-tinged foliage when young and violet cones on mature specimens.

The Alberta spruce 'Conica' is as the name suggests a neat conical shaped conifer with a dwarfing habit reaching just 2 metres in 20-40 years and truly deserving of its RHS Award of Garden Merit. Ideal for a pot or small garden its young needles are a light green maturing to a light bluish-green.

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana is a large conical evergreen conifer with small cones. Useful for hedging if kept trimmed.

This Golden Irish Yew has an RHS Award of Garden Merit. Slow growing, it forms a large shrub with a columnar habit and erect shoots of yellow edged dark green leaves which are at their brightest in Spring. It needs no or very little clipping making it a superb low maintenance border specimen for any size garden.

Also known as 'Common Yew' or 'English Yew', Taxus baccata is a native bushy evergreen tree with narrow dark green leaves commonly found in church yards. Yew makes excellent hedging and topiary responding really well to trimming. Quite slow growing so only needs shaping once each year. Yew hedges are very dense and are loved by birds for nesting and protection and for their red fruits. All parts of these plants are poisonous for humans.

As the name Totem suggests, this conifer grows with a very narrow habit. Iconic to images of Italy and Mediterranean hillsides, it is ideally suited to hot dry summers and wet mild winters. It will provide a beautiful architectural form to even the smallest of sunny gardens and look stunning in small groups in larger spaces.

Picea pungens Super Blue lives up to its name with silvery blue needles that will add colour to your garden all year round. Ideal as a specimen tree or as part of a border. Can even be grown in a large pot. Low maintenance it rarely requires pruning and will give its best colour in full sun.

Juniperus virginiana 'Blue Arrow' is a cultivar of eastern red cedar that has a narrow, columnar growth habit, reaching up to 2.5 metres in height and 1m in width at maturity. The steely blue-green needles on this evergreen conifer are arranged in whorls of three, and its bark exfoliates in long, fibrous strips, revealing a reddish-brown inner bark. 'Blue Arrow' is prized for its striking appearance and its ability to provide vertical interest and texture in garden settings. It is also tolerant of a range of soil types and growing conditions, making it a versatile and easy-to-care-for plant.