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JAPANESE JUNIPER (Juniperus chinensis japonica) 
This creeping prostrate Juniper is often listed Juniperus procum- 
pens. It is closely related to the Pfitzer Juniper. It has a green 
foliage with a silver cast. Will grow about 12 to 18 inches high and 
10 feet wide. Usually maintained smaller by trimming and spaces about 
3% to 4 feet apart. 
SARGENT JUNIPER 
Good green foliage. Grows about the same height and width as 
Andorra Juniper and spaced the same. 
FIR 
CONCOLOR FIR (Abies concolor) 
The white Fir that grows native in the Rockies. After the trees 
attain a height of six feet or more they become more well furnished. 
very ornamental to grow singly or in groups in the open law. Usually 
placed in open yards where a large evergreen can grow. Grows 20 to 30 
feet high and 10 to 15 feet wide. Foliage should be allowed to grow 
to the ground. Will grow in any of our territory. 
DOUGLAS FIR (Pseudotsuga taxifolia) 
Grows pyramidal similar to Concolor Fir and the Spruces. Good 
green foliage. Grows high, but not as correspondingly wide as Spruce. 
Grows faster. Will.grow 30 to 50 feet high and 12 to 15 feet wide. 
Not truly a Fir. 
SPRUCE 
(Very ornamental to grow singly or in groups in the open lawn. ) 
COLORADO SPRUCE (Picea pungens) 
Grows native in the Rockies,often referred to as the Blue Spruce. 
however should not be sold as Blue Spruce as this variety is a varia- 
tion of green-blue. Grows 20 to 30 feet high and 10 to 15 feet wide. 
Foliage should be allowed to grow to the ground. 
COLORADO SHINER SPRUCE (Picea pungens glauca) 
We select the bluest of the Colorado Spruce by tagging them in 
June and we call them Shiners. When a customer wants Blue Spruce, one 
or more, he will be satisfied not only with one but a group of Shiners 
as really being all blue. Those that are not selected for Shiners we 
call Colorado Spruce to prevent a misunderstanding. 
BLACK HILLS SPRUCE (Picea glauca densata) 
We grow a few of these trees but less than in former years. Re- 
fer to list. Green foliage, slightly blue. Grows 20 to 30 feet high 
and 10 to 15 feet wide. Very susceptible to red spider. 
PINE 
AUSTRIAN PINE (Pinus nigra) 
For large yards and windbreaks. Good long needle evergreen foli- 
age, 4 to 5 inches long. Very hardy. Foliage may be cut off to show 
trunk or grown to ground. Tops well furnished even in young trees. 
Grows 30 to 40 feet high and 20 feet wide. 
PINION PINE (Pinus cembroides edulis) | 
A dwarf Rocky Mountain Pine occasionally used in landscape plant- 
aEe because of its heavy texture foliage and because the tree does 
not grow large. Grows very compact. As ort needle Pine, needles are 
about 2 to 3 inches long. Grows 15 to 20 feet high and 6 to 10 feet 
wide, Seldom used in eastern Nebraska, Iowa or the territory with 
more rainfail. ' 
