This dramatic weeping evergreen makes a special addition to any landscape. Superb specimen for minimal-care gardens. Naturally slow-growing with a sprawling horizontal habit, though often trained into an upright, serpentine form. Pendant branchlets display icy-blue needles, creating a graceful, waterfall-like effect.
Mature Height and Spread: 15′-20′ & 10′-15′
Pot Size (gallons), Height: 7′, 8-9′
Conifer, evergreen, narrow columnar habit, may grow about 1 ft (30 cm) per year to mature height of 30 ft (9 m) tall but only 4 ft (1.2 m) wide at the base, branches densely arranged, ascending steeply. Leaves (needles) 12-14 mm long, dark green, somewhat bluish green in winter. Cones 8-10 mm long, about 2.5 cm wide.
Pot Size (gallons), Height: #15
Welchii Dogwood is a variegated leaf tree that grows to about 20′ tall. Deciduous, oval foliage has green centers and white edges, sprinkled with red, thus its common name “Tricolor”. Leaves turn red in fall. Pink or white flowers appear in spring but are considered inconspicuous.
Trunk Diameter: 2.25″
Golden version of the species with spreading, graceful branches. The well-cupped outer sprays and new foliage of this naturally irregular conifer are warm, rich yellow, while interior and older foliage provide contrast with medium green. Attractive, reddish brown bark develops striking texture with age.
Zoning: 5
Mature Height and Spread: 15’ & 12’
Pot Size (gallons), Height: 4’