Conifers for Modern Accent Plantings 
BIRDSNEST CYPRESS 
CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA NIDIFORMIS. The low spread- 
ing habit gave this unusual cypress its very apt name. Very 
charming in appearance. Just right for foreground planting, along 
porches, in front of low picture windows. 
STEWART GOLDEN CYPRESS 
CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA STEWARTI. A dense, sym- 
metrical, pyramidal tree that keeps its golden-hued color well 
in all seasons. Covered with lustrous, rich foliage right down to 
the ground. 
DWARF HINOKI CYPRESS 
CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA NANA. Low, globular plant with 
dense overlapping fronds of soft, deep green. Very slow growing 
and one of the best shrubs for an accent in foundation or garden. 
Also available in the taller form. 
PLUME RETINOSPORA 
CHAMAECYPARIS PISIFERA PLUMOSA (Plume Sawara False 
Cypress). A tall picturesque shrub with dense, feathery foliage. 
Very useful in oriental or rock gardens. 
ARIZONA CYPRESS 
CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA (Arizona Cypress). Narrow, pyramidal 
tree or shrub with bluish foliage. Sun and drouth tolerant. Fine 
hedge, screen or windbreak. 
CUPRESSUS FORBESI (Forbes Cypress) . Slender tree to 30 feet with 
green foliage. Similar to Monterey cypress, only smaller and 
more resistant to cypress blight. Fine informal hedge. 
MONTEREY CYPRESS 
CUPRESSUS MACROCARPA. Most popular cypress in California 
and generously used as a hedge or windbreak. It becomes very 
picturesque when wind blows its long-reaching branches clothed 
in deep green foliage. Stands shearing very well. Gal. $1.25. 
BLUE ITALIAN CYPRESS 
CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS GLAUCA (Blue Italian Cypress). 
Tall slender spires of deep blue green, invaluable as accents in 
planting. Useful along private driveways. Narrow compact type 
grown from cuttings only. 
CONIFEROUS EVERGREENS, Continued 
LOW SPREADING JUNIPERS 
JUNIPERUS CONFERTA (Shore Juniper). A very low spreading 
type with grey-green foliage. Excellent as a bank or ground 
cover. 
JUNIPERUS PFITZERIANA (Pfitzer Juniper). Bushy, wide- 
spreading shrub with horizontal branches, ultimately 5 feet high 
and 6 or 7 wide. All Junipers can be restricted in growth by prun- 
ing. Useful in foundation planting when grown into a formal 
shrub. 
JUNIPERUS PFITZERIANA ARMSTRONGI (Armstrong’s Juniper). 
A select and exccllent type of Pfitzer Juniper. Compact and bluer, 
softer foilage. 
JUNIPERUS PFITZERIANA AUREA (Golden Pfitzer Juniper). 
Similar to Pfitzer Juniper only foliage lighter and variegated with 
yellow. 
JUNIPERUS PROCUMBENS. Wide-spreading creeping stems, blu- 
ish green. Sharply pointed leaves, marked on the upper surface 
by two white lines. It is perfectly hardy. Very low type. 
JUNIPERUS PROSTRATA (Horizontalis) (Creeping Juniper). 
Prostrate form—spread along the ground to form a low 18-inch 
compact mat of blue-grey foliage. 
JUNIPERUS SABINA TAMARISCIFOLIA (Tamarix Juniper). 
Spreading close to the ground with blue-green short needles. 
Good in contrast to the above. Useful as a low shrub for founda- 
tion planting. 
JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA TRIPARTITA (Fountain Red Cedar). 
Low spreading form to 6 feet high. Used as a mass planting along 
banks, as a screen or barrier. 
ERECT AND COLUMN JUNIPERS 
JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS COLUMNARIS (Column Juniper). A 
silver-grey, pyramidal form of Chinese juniper. Spiny leaves. 
JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS HIBERNICA (Irish Juniper). Column- 
shaped form of Juniper with upright, silvery green branches, 
very neat and compact. 
JUNIPERUS EXCELSA STRICTA (Spiny Greek Juniper) (Chinese 
Juniper). Perfectly symmetrical pyramidal shaped semi-dwarf 
tree. Has short, spiny silvery-blue needles. 
JUNIPERUS HETZII GLAUCA (Silver Red Cedar). Upright spread- 
ing, widely irregular growth to 12 feet with strong branches and 
blue-grey foliage. 
JUNIPERUS PACHYPHLOEA GLAUCA (Alligator Juniper). An in- 
formal, twisted variety with very blue foliage. 
JUNIPERUS SQUAMATA MEYERI. Has needle-like foliage, blue- 
grey, silvery beneath. Irregular outline with upward growing 
limbs. Used as an informal specimen or color accent. 
JUNIPERUS SYLVESTRIS (Sylvester Juniper). Tall, informal up- 
right type, blue green foilage. 
JUNIPERUS TORULOSA (Hollywood Juniper). An irregular grow- 
ing shrub with decidedly Japanese outline. Beautiful in rock 
garden backgrounds or as specimens where the form and dense 
tufts of green foliage show to advantage. 
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