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  • Blue Eastern Red Cedar

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Juniperus virginiana 'Glauca'Common Name: Blue Eastern Red Cedar Click on an image to enlarge form bark needles Height: 20-25' Spread: 8-10'Habit/Form: Narrow, upright columnar Rate: S/M Zone: 3-9Cultural...

  • Vanderwolf's Pyramid Limber Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid'Common Name: Vanderwolf's Pyramid Limber Pine Click on an image to enlarge form needles Height: 30-40' Spread: 15-20'Habit/Form: Upright pyramidal Rate: M Zone:...

  • Pyramidal Eastern Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen, Fastigiates, Columnars
     Botanical Name:  Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis'Common Name: Pyramidal Eastern Arborvitae   Height: 20-30' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to fast Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun to...

  • Douglas-fir

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen, Plants for Shady Sites
     Botanical Name: Pseudotsuga menziesiiCommon Name: Douglas-fir   Height: 40-80' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Broadly conical to pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-6Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun to light shade in moist,...

  • European Larch

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, not favored by deer, large evergreen, Four Season Landscape
    Botanical Name: Larix decidua Common Name: European Larch Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form Leaf   Flower Cone Bark Height: 70-75' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth...

  • Common Bald Cypress

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
    Botanical Name: Taxodium distichum Common Name: Common Bald Cypress* Click on an image to enlarge. Form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 50-70' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal...

  • Chinese Juniper

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
    Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis Common Name: Chinese Juniper Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles Bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 15-20'Habit/Form: pyramidal to conical Rate: S/M Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: ...

  • Norway Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, large evergreen
     Botanical Name: Picea abies Common Name: Norway Spruce Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to Fast ...

  • White Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
     Botanical Name: Picea glauca Common Name: White Spruce Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium ...

  • Black Hill's Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
     Botanical Name: Picea glauca var. densata Common Name: Black Hill's Spruce Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 20-40' Spread: 10-20' Habit/Form: Densely conical ...

  • Serbian Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Picea omorika Common Name: Serbian Spruce Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles Bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Narrow conical Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements:...

  • Colorado Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
     Botanical Name: Picea pungens Common Name: Colorado Spruce Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 30-60' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-7Cultural...

  • Eastern White Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
     Botanical Name: Pinus strobus Common Name: Eastern White Pine   Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 50-80' Spread: 20-40' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 3-7Cultural...

  • Eastern Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, large evergreen, Native Trees, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
    Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalisCommon Name: Eastern Arborvitae Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Narrow, conical becoming pyramidal with age Growth Rate:...

  • Eastern Hemlock

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen, native, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
    Botanical Name: Tsuga canadensis Common Name: Eastern Hemlock Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 40-70' Spread: 25-35' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate:...

  • Western Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: not favored by deer, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
    Botanical Name: Thuja plicata Common Name: Western Arborvitae Click on an image to enlarge Cones Needles Height: 50-70' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow to medium Zone: 5-7Cultural...

  • Plume Sawara-Cypress

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa'Common Name: Plume Sawara-Cypress Updated 3/2012 Height: 30-50' Spread: 10-20'Habit/Form: Pyramidal Rate: Medium Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun; moist, slightly acidic, well-drained...

  • Keteleer Chinese Juniper

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Keteleeri'Common Name: Keteleer Chinese Juniper Click on an image to enlarge needles fruits Height: 15-20' Spread: 15-20'Habit/Form: Broadly pyramidal Rate: S Zone: 4-9Cultural...

  • Canaert Eastern Red-Cedar

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii'Common Name: Canaert Eastern Red-Cedar Click on an image to enlarge form bark cones Height: 20-35' Spread: 15-20'Habit/Form: Pyramidal Rate: M Zone: 3-9Cultural...

  • Black Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Picea marianaCommon Name: Black Spruce Click on an image to enlarge Needles Pinecones Height: 30-40' Spread: 20-25'  Habit/Form: Conical Rate: S Zone: 3-5Cultural Requirements: Prefers...

  • Oriental Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Picea orientalisCommon Name: Oriental Spruce Click on the image to enlarge Pinecone Needles   Height: 50-60' Spread: 40-50'Habit/Form: Narrow to broadly pyramidal with age Rate: S Zone: 4-7Cultural...

  • Swiss Stone Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Pinus cembraCommon Name: Swiss Stone Pine Click on an image to enlarge form bark needles Height: 30-40' Spread: 15-25'Habit/Form: Pyramidal when young, open and flat-tapped with age Rate: S Zone:...

  • Limber Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Pinus flexilisCommon Name: Limber Pine Click on an image to enlarge form cone bark Height: 30-50' Spread: 15-35'Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Rate: S Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part...

  • Japanese White Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Pinus parvifloraCommon Name: Japanese White Pine Click on an image to enlarge form cone Height: 25-40' Spread: 25-40'Habit/Form: Conical when young, spreading with age Rate: S Zone: 4-7Cultural...

  • Hetz Wintergreen Eastern Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Wintergreen'Common Name: Hetz Wintergreen Eastern Arborvitae Click on an image to enlarge Height: 20-30' Spread: 5-10'Habit/Form: Narrow, columnar Rate: S Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to...