Weeping conifer trees

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Essential tips for growing larch, a deciduous conifer with golden fall color that also comes in dwarf types.

Q: Any idea what type of tree this is? A: It's a weeping Blue Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’. The weeping, contorted shape is certainly an eye-catcher! This tree can do well here if it is planted correctly.With your shovel loosen an area 8 feet in diameter. Add 1 inch of expanded slate (PermaTill)

Dwarf conifers as well as larger selections are included on our list of excellent evergreen trees and shrubs for gardens.

Weeping Alaskan Cedar One of my favorite Specimen evergreen trees has to be the Weeping Alaskan Cedar. This graceful tree has a slow growth rate and a smaller mature size that fill well into most city lots (the mature size for the weeping Alaskan Cedar is approximately 35’ tall x 10’ wide). The Tree adds a costal feeling to the yard and has a more lush feeling than a Colorado blue spruce or an Austrian Pine. Although it is called a Weeping Alaskan Cedar, the Tree has a fairly symmetrical…

Have you ever come across an evergreen that looks like it really needs to be watered? With limber branches drooping downward in elegant, graceful repose? Chances are it may not necessarily need care. It may

A sight to behold, Picea omorika ‘Pendula Bruns’ (Serbian Spruce) is a very narrow, columnar, evergreen tree adorned with a strong central leader and strictly weeping branches that cascade down gracefully and hug the trunk. It is clothed in a lush foliage of silvery, blue-green needles. A moderate grower, 6-12 in. per year (15-30 cm), this Weeping Serbian Spruce is a breathtaking beauty year-round and makes a glorious vertical accent in the landscape.

Pruning weeping pine trees is not that different from other evergreen pruning, with certain important exceptions. Click for tips on how to prune weeping conifers.

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These trees offer stunning contrast, year-round texture, and out-of-the-box color. Find beautiful blue conifers for the Midwest here.