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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 Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form needles Height: 30-40' Spread: 15-20'  Habit/Form: Upright pyramidal...

  • Pyramidal Eastern Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen, Fastigiates, Columnars
    Botanical Name:  Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis'Common Name: Pyramidal Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013   Height: 20-30' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to fast Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers...

  • Douglas-fir

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants for Shady Sites, large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Pseudotsuga menziesiiCommon Name: Douglas-fir Updated 12/2012 needles cones form Height: 40-80' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Broadly conical to pyramidal  Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-6Cultural...

  • European Larch

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, large evergreen, not favored by deer, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
    Botanical Name: Larix decidua Common Name: European Larch Updated 2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form Leaf   Flower Cone Bark Height: 70-75' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form:...

  • Common Bald Cypress

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, large evergreen, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
    Botanical Name: Taxodium distichum Common Name: Bald-Cypress* Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 50-70' Spread: 20-30'...

  • Chinese Juniper

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis Common Name: Chinese Juniper Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles Bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 15-20'  Habit/Form: pyramidal to conical Rate: Slow to medium...

  • Norway Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Picea abies Common Name: Norway Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal  Growth...

  • White Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Picea glauca Common Name: White Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Growth...

  • Black Hills Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Picea glauca var. densata Common Name: Black Hills Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 20-40' Spread: 10-20' Habit/Form: Densely...

  • Serbian Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Picea omorika Common Name: Serbian Spruce Updated 11/2012 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...

  • Blue Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Picea pungens Common Name: Blue Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 30-60' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal  Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

  • Eastern White Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, large evergreen, Native Trees
    Botanical Name: Pinus strobus Common Name: Eastern White Pine Updated 11/2012   Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 50-80' Spread: 20-40' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Fast Zone:...

  • Eastern Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
    Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalisCommon Name: Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Narrow, conical becoming pyramidal with age...

  • Eastern Hemlock

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, native, large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Tsuga canadensis Common Name: Eastern Hemlock Updated 2/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 40-70' Spread: 25-35' Habit/Form: Pyramidal...

  • Giant Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: not favored by deer, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
    Botanical Name: Thuja plicata Common Name: Giant Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Cones Needles Height: 50-70' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow to medium Zone:...

  • 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,...

  • Keteleer Chinese Juniper

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Keteleeri'Common Name: Keteleer Chinese Juniper Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge needles fruits Height: 15-20' Spread: 15-20'  Habit/Form: Broadly pyramidal Rate: Slow...

  • 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: large evergreen, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
    Botanical Name: Picea marianaCommon Name: Black Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Needles cones Height: 30-40' Spread: 20-25'  Habit/Form: Conical Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-5Cultural...

  • Oriental Spruce

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Picea orientalisCommon Name: Oriental Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on the image to enlarge cone Needles   Height: 50-60' Spread: 40-50'  Habit/Form: Narrow to broadly pyramidal with age Growth...

  • Swiss Stone Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Pinus cembraCommon Name: Swiss Stone Pine Updated 11/2012 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...

  • Limber Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Pinus flexilisCommon Name: Limber Pine Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form cone bark Height: 30-50' Spread: 15-35'  Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow    Zone:...

  • Japanese White Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Pinus parvifloraCommon Name: Japanese White Pine Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form cone Height: 25-40' Spread: 25-40'  Habit/Form: Conical when young, spreading with age Growth Rate: Slow...

  • Hetz Wintergreen Eastern Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen
    Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Wintergreen'Common Name: Hetz Wintergreen Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Height: 20-30' Spread: 5-10'  Habit/Form: Narrow, columnar Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...