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Acrocona is a beauty among Norway spruces. It is a smaller variety with picturesque cones at the tips of the branches. They are small, rich raspberry red and appear from May. Later they turn brown as they mature. Needle ...


	3 - 5m	3 - 4m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea abies 'NIDIFORMIS'
(bird's nest Norway spruce)

Dwarf conifers are very popular in continental Europe, mostly thanks to its evergreen feature and good hardiness. Their sizes never grow over the top which makes them ideal for small-sized gardens and rock gardens, they look good as solitaires as well as in groupings. This bird’s nest spruce h ...


	0.5 - 1m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea abies 'WILL'S ZWERG'
(dwarf Norway spruce)

Another lovely piece for miniature lovers is this dwarf spruce. It grows slowly, compact and dense to it mature height of 3m only after a few decades. Needles are short and stiff, rich green. New branches show bright orangey-brown bark and are short. No pruning needed for dense growth. The ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea breweriana
(Brewer spruce)

Brewer spruce is an evergreen conifer native to the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California where it is a rare plant owing to its sparse occurrence. It has a beautiful shape. The stem and inner branches are firm and upright whereas new bra ...


	8 - 15m	3 - 5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea glauca 'J.W. DAISY'S WHITE'
(dwarf white spruce)

J.W. Daisy’s White is another dwarf variety of cone-shaped white spruce found by Canadian breeder J.W. Daisy from Edmonton, Alberta. He was one of the pioneers of the twentieth century in the breeding of conifers, esp ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.4 - 0.6m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea orientalis 'AUREOSPICATA'
(golden Caucasian spruce)

Caucasian spruce is an attractive conifer with an interesting habit. Lateral branches grow horizontally first, later they rise a bit upwards in an angle of about 45° while new growths are slightly drooping. Aureospicata is a variety with bright yellow new foliage that lasts for ...


	8 - 15m	4 - 6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea pungens 'BLUE DIAMOND'
(dwarf Colorado spruce)

Blue Diamond is a true jewel. This conifer is a variety of Colorado spruce with intensely blue coloured needles with silver overlay. They are quite prickly and evergreen. It grows about 15 cm per year, and only 10 cm upward ...


	4 - 7m	1 - 3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus 'Gaëlle Brégeon' BAMBINO®
(dwarf hybrid pine)

BAMBINO® is another beautiful dwarf hybrid pine, following success of its forerunners Marie Brégeon and


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.8 - 1.3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus cembra
(Swiss stone pine)

Swiss stone pine is a beautiful one with dark green needles with a silvery stripe. So its overall appearance may seem a little turquoise. It grows slowly, forming a dense conifer with rather irregular growth when young and more or less pyramidal with age. Owing to its slow growth rate, si ...


	6 - 12m	3 - 5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus cembra 'COMPACTA GLAUCA'
(arolla pine)

Compacta Glauca is an arolla pine variety of reduced size. It was selected by C.Frets & Son nursery in Boskoop, the Netherlands, around 1930, in a field of older variety called Glauca which had been known since 1860' ...


	3 - 5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus densiflora 'ALICE VERKADE'
(Japanese red pine)

If you like Mediterranean umbrella pines but feel sorry that it is too tender for our climate try to have a look at this selection of dwarf Japanese red pine. It is called Alice Verkade and has bright green, soft needles. It is a slow growing plant making only about 7-10 cm per ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus flexilis 'VANDERWOLF'S PYRAMID'
(Rocky Mountains white pine)

Rocky Mountains white pine is a North American pine species whose origin ranges through the Rocky Mountains of Alberta in Canada down to Colorado, USA. It has distinctively flexible young twigs and soft, blue-green to silvery-blue needles. Female cones are yellow-b ...


	5 - 9m	1 - 2.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus heldreichii 'SATELLIT'
(Bosnian pine)

Pine trees are superb trees which grow in a wide climate scale - from cold northern countries to hot coastal sites. They are probably most beautiful in their natural environment. Satellit is a narrowly columnar variety ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus monticola 'AMMERLAND'
(western white pine)

Ammerland is a very decorative, medium-sized western pine. These pines come from western parts of North America but this variety was bred in German Jeddeloh. Its needles are borne in whorls of 5. They are mostly erect, stiff, blue-green, long. The shape of this pine is rathe ...


	3 - 5m		full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo
(dwarf mountain pine)

One of the best known pines is this dwarf mountain pine which occurs naturally in mountainous regions. It often has bizarre shapes owing to constant winds blowing from one side. In gardens it forms a dense and rich shrub. It is soil tolerant but will be poor in calcareous soil. As all other pines it ...


	1.5 - 2.5m		full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'CARSTEN'S'
(dwarf mugo pine)

Carsten’s Wintergold is a selection of very popular Wintergold with stunning winter colour. The needles are deep green from mid spring until early autumn. Then they begin turning yellow and from end autumn until the last cold days of spring they are vivid yellow. This colour is u ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'COLUMBO' (Columnaris)
(mountain pine)

Columbo is a mountain pine that has absolutely nothing to do with inspector Colombo. Its original name given in 1984 was Columnaris and it perfectly described its columnar habit. It grows slowly and dense, bears shor ...


	1 - 3m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'GNOM'
(dwarf mountain pine)

Would you like a gnom for your garden? Not the one from plaster, a living one – a dwarf pine called the same name = Gnom. This one is very beautiful, slow and dense growing with short to medium sized, dark green needl ...


	1 - 2.5m	1 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'OPHIR'
(dwarf mountain pine)

Ophir is a dwarf mountain pine with yellow needle tips from mid autumn until mid spring. They are evergreen, up to 7 cm long, and glossy. In late spring they change back to typical pine green colour. It naturally forms low, ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	1 - 1.8m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'WINTER GOLD'
(dwarf mugo pine)

Winter Gold is an excellent variety of dwarf mountain pine that has all positives of the species and on top of that brings golden yellow needle colour in winter and early spring. The colder it gets the more yellow it turns. ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.8 - 2m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra 'GREEN TOWER'
(Austrian pine)

Green Tower is a fastigiate and dwarf variety of Austrian pine. It was found as a seedling, possibly of Pyramidalis variety, by Martin Zimmer in late 1990's. It has about 10 cm, stiff, dark green needles borne in whorls of ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra 'MARIE BREGEON'
(dwarf Austrian pine)

After a huge success with BREPO® variety, a breeder of pines from Switzerland Henri Bregeon comes up with another dwarf pine variety, this time called Marie Bregeon


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra 'OREGON GREEN'
(Austrian pine)

Oregon Green is a very beautiful addition to the family of small to mid-sized pine trees. It was found as a seedling by Morris Van Meter in his nursery in Boring, Oregon, USA, in early 1990's. It is easily distinguished by ...


	4 - 6m	3 - 4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra ssp. nigra
(Austrian pine)

Austrian (black) pine was first classified by Austrian botanist Johann Arnold in 1785. It is a hardy tree which escaped Austria in early 20th century, and can now be found all around Europe, down to Turkey, and in North Africa. Hard to say if Mother Nature needed a ...


	10 - 30m	6 - 8m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus parviflora 'NEGISHI'
(Japanese white pine)

You needn’t be a specialist to fall in love with this Japanese white pine at the first sight; this is probably one of the top ones mostly sought after by bonsai-makers, though. Needles of Negishi are 5-6 cm long, dark green with silvery grey film which gives it a unique, a ...


	0.5 - 2m	0.5 - 2m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus strobus 'PENDULA'
(Weymouth pine)

White (Weymouth) pines are very popular for their soft needles which you want to touch over and over again. They are usually long, silvery blue-green and come in whorls of 5. Pendula is a picturesque variety with arcing bra ...


	1 - 3m	2 - 4m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus strobus 'TINY CURLS'
(white pine)

Tiny Curls is a picturesque selection of white pine with twisted needles and straight trunk and branches. The needles are mid green with a silver stripe. It is very similar to another variety with twisted needles called Torulosa but Tiny Curls show much more symmetrical growth, ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus strobus 'RADIATA'
(dwarf white pine)

If you like pines with soft needles, white pines are the best choice. Radiata is an old variety from 1923 which is a slow grower with silvery blue-green needles decorated with green underneath. The appearance is fluffy and ...


	1.5 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in our country, too. Its makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. It bears 5-7 cm long, mid green needles with a slight bluish overlay. They are borne in pairs and remain on the tree for 3 ...


	2 - 15m	2 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris 'AUREA'
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in country, too. The green species makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. Aurea is a variety known already since the ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris 'GLAUCA'
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in our country, too. Its makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. Glauca is a selected variety with blue green needles ...


	2 - 10m	2 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris 'MOSERI'
(dwarf Scots pine)

Moseri is a dwarf variety of Scots Pine from Moser Nursery in Versailles, France, from 1900. It has long, slightly twisted needles of soft green colour in summer and rich golden yellow in winter. It grows very slowly (8-12 ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus uncinata
(mountain pine)

Uncinata is a subspecies of mountain pine. Its main difference from dwarf mountain pine is a central leader which helps it make a tree character. Also, this pine is much taller in full maturity as opposed to common mountain pine, forming a widely pyramidal habit, slightly irregu ...


	10 - 20m	3 - 6m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus x schwerinii 'WIETHORST'
(dwarf Schwerin's pine)

Wiethorst is a witch’s broom of Schwerin’s pine, found and named by Johann Wieting in Gieelhorst, Germany. It is dwarf, slow growing version of this pine with symmetrical, pyramidal shape and dense habit. It has ...


	1 - 2.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Platycladus 'AUREA NANA'
(oriental arborviatae)

Aurea Nana is a dwarf conifer with golden-yellow, scale-like leaves. It belongs to cypress family and is known under its other name – oriental thuja. It grows slowly, keeps it compact shape and dense habit and is suit ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Podocarpus lawrencei 'RED TIP'
(Tasmanian podocarp)

Red Tip is a valued podocarp variety with dark green, glossy needles which emerge deep burgundy red in spring. They are evergreen and only 1-2 cm long. The plant is mound-forming and quite compact yet we recommend midsummer ...