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Calocedrus decurrens 'AUREOVARIEGATA'
(incense cedar)

Although this incense cedar is one of the most sought after conifers of the south, it seems to perform much better in Czech climate thanks to cold and wet winters. It needs a lot of sun in summer though to keep its varigated leaves golden. Though, if the sun is not as hot as in the Mediterran ...


	5 - 10m		full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus atlantica f. 'GLAUCA PENDULA'
(weeping blue Atlas cedar)

This variety is a weeping form of blue Atlas cedar. It has distinct silvery-blue persistent larch-like needles born in whorls of 30-45. Their striking colour makes the tree a gorgeous lawn specimen same as an ideal feature when combined with other, dark green conifers. Just remember that this ...


	2 - 4m		full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara
(deodar cedar)

Deodar – Himalayan cedar is the most graceful of all cedars. It has strictly pyramidal habit when young, spreading branching and weeping ends. The needles are short, mid green, borne in whorls of 20-30. Female cones appear in summer. Older plants form unique shapes. This is probably ...


	10 - 20m	5 - 6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara 'BUSHES ELECTRA'
(Himalayan cedar)

Himalayan cedar is the most graceful of all cedars. Bushes Electra is a slower growing variety bred by Richard Bush in Canby, USA, at the turn of the century. It bears showy, 2-3 cm long, needles of silvery blue colour on i ...


	4 - 7m	2 - 3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara 'FEELIN' BLUE'
(deodar cedar)

Feelin‘ Blue is a striking Dutch introduction of Himalayan cedar, which in fact turned out to be one of the most reliable cedars we ever had. Formerly a ground-covering plant is often staked up to a bamboo stick in order to form an appearance of a clas ...


	0.2 - 3m	0.5 - 3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara 'GOLDEN HORIZON'
(Himalayan cedar)

Golden Horizon is an interesting variety of Himalayan cedar with weeping branches. The needles are evergreen, yellow-green when young and in summer, turning blue-green as they mature and in the shade. The shape of the shrub is irregular, making horizontal branches with weeping e ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 2m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara 'ROBUSTA GLAUCA'
(Himalayan cedar)

Himalájský cedr is the most graceful of all cedars. Robusta Glauca is an Italian selection with long, evergreen needles. Their colour is from blue-green to almost silvery blue while new shoots are soft green.


	10 - 15m	5 - 7m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus libani
(cedar of Lebanon)

Cedar of Lebanon is a majestic specimen tree with needle-like dark green to blue-green foliage that looks like larch but is evergreen. Young trees are densely branched from the ground but low branches can be removed in the autumn if planted close to houses to make more room beneath. The branc ...


	10 - 20m	10 - 15m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'DROOPING SOLO'
(Lawson cypress)

Drooping Solo is a Lawson cypress variety discovered by a Dutch conifer lover and horticulturist Wiel Linssen from Baexem. It was a seedling mutation of Imbricata Pendula, a similar variety of much taller but narrower habit ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'IVONNE' ('Yvonne')
(Lawson cypress)

Ivonne (or sometimes spelled Yvonne) is a Lawson cypress variety with almost flat, soft needles of bright greeny-yellow colour from spring to summer, changing to golden-yellow in winter. It grows medium fast into a columnar shape when young, slightly ...


	3 - 6m		full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'KARACA'
(Lawson cypress)

Karaca is a bright yellow coloured variety of Lawson cypress with picturesque overhanging branches that may resemble Filifera Aurea variety, except that they do not have such prominent brownish-red twigs and form longer and ...


	1.5 - 2m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'PELT'S BLUE'
(Lawson cypress)

Pelt's Blue, or Van Pelt's Blue is a German selection of Lawson cypress bred by Hinrich Kordes Nursery and introduced in 1984. It is an improved version of a very successful variety Columnaris (Glauca) wit ...


	3 - 5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'STARDUST'
(Lawson cypress)

Stardust is a variety with almost flat needles of pale green colour near the main stem, grading to greenish-yellow towards the bright golden-yellow ends of the branches which tend to droop slightly as they grow longer. It has pyramidal form, wide at the base. Medium growth rate. It ha ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'SUNKIST'
(Lawson cypress)

Sunkist is a dwarf, compact Lawson cypress, similar to Mini Globus. It is a slow growing conifer with attractive flat sprays of mid green foliage that is not pric ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'WHITE SPOT'
(Lawson cypress)

White Spot is a Lawson cypress variety found as a mutation of Monumentalis Nova variety in D.T.Poulsen Nursery, Denmark, in 1943. It boasts pale blue-green, scale-like needles with subtle white marbling which looks like gli ...


	3 - 5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'WISSEL'S SAGUARO'
(Lawson cypress)

Do you know saguaro cactus? The typical succulent that gets most photographed when one wants to show a parched dessert with just one living plant. This cactus influenced the name of this Lawson cypress. It is a sport/selection of


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'COLUMNARIS'
(Lawson cypress)

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ('Columnaris Glauca')

Columnaris is a hugely popular variety of Lawson cypress with blue needles and compact habit. It does not grow wider than 1m which makes it ideal for hedges that are only trimmed at the top. Mature plants can reach 6-8m in many decades, they are usual ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'NANA GRACILIS'
(Hinoki cypress)

The Hinoki cypress is both a must-see and a must-have thereafter. Its dark green foliage is tightly congested, forming a tiny mound. It forms twisting fan-shaped branchlets in dense tiered layers. Want to ask how fast it grows? Well it takes the same time as your partner does getting prep ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'BOULEVARD'
(false cypress)

Boulevard is a lovely false cypress popular for group plantings. Its needles are soft, awl-shaped, curving, silvery-blue colour. Fully mature it can grow about 3m but usually keeps smaller – 1.5m high and 1m wide. Natural habit is broadly pyramidal. Growth rate is slow to ...


	1 - 3m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'FILIFERA AUREA'
(golden thread-leaf sawara cypress)

This false cypress is belongs to the Filifera group, which means it has thread-like branches. In fact, some call these branches leaves. Practically the leaves are scales that cover the whip-like branches. Filifera Aurea is probably the most sought-after variety with golden yello ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'FILIFERA NANA'
(dwarf sawara cypress)

This false cypress is a dwarf, mound forming variety belonging to the Filifera group, which means it has thread-like branches. In fact, some call these branches leaves. Practically the leaves are scales that cover the whip-like branches. Filifera Nana is a green version, very sl ...


	0.3 - 1m		full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cryptomeria japonica 'ELEGANS VIRIDIS'
(Japanese cedar)

Japanese cedars proved to grow happily in our garden where winter temperature dropped to -27°C a couple of times. They showed no damage whatsoever and thrive. This variety has one more plus as opposed to other cryptomerias – it does not change its colour to coppery brown in winter and r ...


	2 - 6m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cryptomeria japonica 'GLOBOSA NANA'
(Japanese cedar)

One of the most beautiful conifers of our climate is Japanese cedar. There are many species and varieties. Globosa Nana was first discovered in 1923 in Japan, where it is called Mitama-sugi. It is a dense, compact conifer with rounded branches. The needles are curved, inward- ...


	1 - 1.8m	1 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cryptomeria japonica 'LITTLE CHAMPION'
(dwarf Japanese cedar)

Little Champion is a witche’s broom of another Japanese cedar variety called Gracilis, found in Europe. It is very similar to Globosa Nana variety but ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cryptomeria japonica 'VILMORINIANA'
(Japanese cedar)

Vilmoriniana is a dwarf variety of Japanese cedar imported from Japan and introduced around 1890 by French botanist and horticulturist Auguste Louis Maurice Lévêque de Vilmorin (1849-1918). At least 20 different plant ...


	0.5 - 1.2m	0.8 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cryptomeria japonica 'SEKKAN'
(Japanese cedar)

Cryptomeria japonica (syn. 'Sekkan Sugi')

Sekkan is a gorgeous evergreen conifer not only for Japanese gardens. It forms a fat, cone-shaped shrub or small tree with bright, sulphur-yellow or creamy-yellow new growths. They remain yellow throughout the year until next spring when they turn deep green and are replaced by new fol ...


	3 - 8m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

x Cupressocyparis leylandii 'GOLD RIDER'
(Leyland cypress)

Gold Rider is still quite new in the Leyland cypress family. It produces flattened sprays of bright yellow-green, scale-like leaves. The branches are not pendent, not erect. Something in between and that makes it stand apar ...


	2 - 10m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

x Cupressocyparis leylandii 'ATRO'
(Leyland cypress)

x Cupressocyparis leylandii (syn. '2001')

Atro is one of those smaller, compact varieties of Leyland cypress which can be grown even in a small garden. It was found as a natural mutation in Van den Dool Cultures Nursery in Dutch town Boskoop in 1983. You can also f ...


	2 - 10m	2 - 3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cupressus arizonica 'FASTIGIATA AUREA'
(smooth cypress)

Smooth cypress comes from SW of the USA and is probably the only true cypress that can stand winters down to zone 6. Fastigiata varieties are of columnar habit and are a sought after plant for both exotic types of gardens as well as typical Central-European landscapes where it will cre ...


	5 - 9m	1 - 3m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cupressus arizonica 'FASTIGIATA'
(smooth cypress)

Smooth cypress is an extraordinary conifer whose steel-blue needles will leave no doubt that this one is really something. The species of this cypress comes from SW of the USA, while Fastigiata variety was selected in Italy. It has distinctly silvery-blue to glaucous colour o ...