Category Archives: conifer

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  Araucaria angustifolia

  Posted on April 24, 2017 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, conifer, Edible, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Trees, Uncategorized, winter interest

  This amazing evergreen conifer is native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay and is rarely offered in Australia. It is commonly called the Candelabra Tree or Parana Pine.It will grow quite quickly in an open sunny site and you only have to look at the picture I have included of the tree planted in the Melbourne […]

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  Pinus patula

  Posted on March 28, 2017 by stephenryan in beautiful bark, conifer, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, shade trees, winter interest

  The Mexican pine has to be one of the most elegant species that you could grow as a specimen tree in a fair sized lawn and it is cold hardy (at least in Australia) and heat and drought tolerant as well. It will quickly grow to 20metres or so and its tassel like needles hanging […]

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  Gingko biloba ‘Saratoga’

  Posted on April 25, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, conifer, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Trees

  We all know about the Maiden Hair tree, the Wollemi Pine of its time. Known only from fossils in coal and found throughout the world imagine the amazement when the real thing was found in China. What is often not known is that the Gingko is a conifer relative even though it hardly looks like […]

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  Picea abies ‘Reflexa’

  Posted on April 25, 2014 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, conifer, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Ground cover, Weeping plants, winter interest

  If you are looking for something a bit different for your garden then perhaps this vegetable version of “Cousin It” from the Adams Family could be just the ticket! It is a weeping form of Norway Spruce and will trail along the ground or spill over a bank unless trained up a stake. It can […]

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  Agathis moorei

  Posted on July 21, 2013 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, conifer, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Trees, winter interest

  The Kauri trees of the Southern Hemisphere aren’t usually the first things that come to mind when looking for interesting plants for the garden after all they are usually very tall growing trees. Although they are conifers their large leaves would suggest that they are something else. So why bother? Well many of the species […]

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  Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Pendulum’

  Posted on November 23, 2012 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, conifer, evergreen, Foliage plants

  This has to be about the wierdest tree in the world so those of a timid disposition should avoid it! The leaders usually head in a generally upward direction with the side branches cascading down making it potentially the worlds tallest  but narrowest tree. The one in Bobnant Gardens in Wales was at some time […]

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  Araucaria araucana

  Posted on September 7, 2012 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, conifer, Edible, evergreen, Trees

  The Monkey puzzle tree is one of the worlds most easily spotted trees with its dark prickly foliage and very symetrical form. It was well loved as a new novelty in Victorian times and seems to have recently come back into fashion. I put it down to the discovery of the Wollemi Pine which made […]

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  Cupressus cashmeriana

  Posted on June 24, 2012 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, conifer, Trees

  One of the worlds most elegant conifers with a conical habit and soft grey weeping foliage. It will quickly grow to 10metres in any well drained sunny site that is sheltered from strong prevailing winds as these tend to make to tree one sided. It is a botanical oddity as since it was first discribed […]

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