Conifers

Family: Pineaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50' shorter in cultivation.
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Pyramidal crown with rough, longitudinally splitting gray-brown bark.  Spirally arranged leaves that are in two lateral sets.  Blue-black cylindrical cones.
Notes: Mixed mountain forests from elevations between 2400m to 4300m.  Old growth Abies delavayi are found with covered in moss and epiphytic Rhododendrons and other Ericaceous plants.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 40' - 70'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Conical-pyramidal growth with sharp needles arranged comb-like.
Notes: Grows from near sea level to around 6,000' elevation. Reported to be tolerant of heat and humid conditions of the southeastern US.  Easy growing and pest free tree with attractive needles and growth.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: China, Tibet
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50' shorter in cultivation.
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Smooth, brown-gray bark.  Dark blue new cones.
Notes: Native to high mountains of 2,400-4,300 m.  Frequently found in pure stands near the tree line.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Afghanistan, northern India, Nepal, Pakistan
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 70' - 200' shorter in cultivation.
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dark blue new cones.
Notes: Native to high mountains of 2000-3400 m.  Frequently found in pure stands near the tree line.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 30' - 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Pyramidal crown when young, broadening with age.
Notes: Native to the Cascade Range and Coast Range mountains of northwest California and western Oregon and Washington.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Afghanistan, northern India, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 70' - 100' shorter in cultivation.
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dark blue new cones.
Notes: Native to high mountains of 2600-3800 m.  Frequently found in pure stands near the tree line.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range: S Chile, S Argentina
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25' - 50'
Attributes:  Evergreen, short trunk and narrow crown.  Red-brown bark, peeling in threads.
Notes:  Native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and drier steppe-forests of central-southern Chile and Argentina.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Alaska south through BC, WA, OR, northern California
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  30' - 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Yellow-green needles with feathery, drooping habit.
Notes:  This collection was made in Washington State cascade range.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  Western North America
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  30' - 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Flat needles.  Orange-brown bark. 
Notes:  Noted to be tolerant of summer heat and humidity. 
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 2' - 3' Tall

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  California, Oregon
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  30' - 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Blue-green needles with feathery look.
Notes:  Narrow pyramidal growth.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot 18" - 24"

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 10' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dense foliage.
Notes: Foliage starts tight and looks like a Giant Sequoia.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

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Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 10' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Creamy yellow tipped foliage.  Especially intense on new growth in spring.
Notes: Foliage looks like a fern or moss.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

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Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 16'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:Deciduous.  Male clone.  Rich green summer foliage.  Brilliant golden yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Faster growing cultivar, with a columnar form.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 24'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:Deciduous.  Male clone.  A compact, conical crown with dense, deeply cut narrow foliage.  Bright yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Slower growing cultivar that is one of the best forms for sense, symmetrical branching.  Originated as a seedling in the 1970s and introduced by the Saratoga Research Foundation in California.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Ginkgoaceae

Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: April
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:Deciduous.  Rich green summer foliage.  Brilliant golden yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Sky Tower is a compact and dense upright cultivar.  Male selection.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 18" - 24"

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Southern California and Mexico
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green needles.
Notes:  Surviving in a few isolated locations in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego Counties as well as northern Baja.  Formerly classified as Cupressus forbesii

Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  British Columbia to N Mexico
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Conical becoming rounded with age.  Blue-green needles with feathery look.
Notes:  In the wild Juniperus scopulorum grows in Juniper-Oak woodlands.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20' - 40'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Upright narrow crown with peeling bark.  Bright-green needles.
Notes:  Great structure.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Upright narrow crown with peeling bark.  Light blue-green needles.
Notes:  Newly introduced.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright yellow to chartreuse foliage with orange.  Bright orange fall foliage.
Notes:  More intense orange and yellow with a bit more sun.

Pot Size:  2 ' - 3'

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20' - 40'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Upright narrow crown with peeling bark.  Bright-green needles.
Notes:  This is a new columnar form that is reported to be 8'11' wide when mature.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Mexico
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 75', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, Medium sized, blue green needles.
Notes: Native to northwest Mexico into the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains.  Growing at elevations of 2300-3200 m, along stream-sides and in mountain valleys.  Endangered in the wild.

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 75', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, medium sized, blue green needles.
Notes: Growing at elevations of 1600-3800 m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 75', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, medium sized, blue green needles.  Pendulous branchlets.
Notes: Usually grows in pure stands but is occasionally found mixed with Abies sibirica.  Growing at elevations of 1200-3500 m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Island)
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attributes: Evergreen.  Gold foliage.
Notes: Grant Hadwin cut this revered tree down in a misguided protest against logging in Canada.  He wondered why people only seemed to care about one tree and not a forest.  A scramble to collect cuttings after the tree was cut down resulted in a few collections.  There was even a book about written about it, The Golden Spruce.  We have a couple of specimens that we have taken subsequent cuttings from.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Western Himalaya, India to Nepal
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 70', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, Gracefully weeping, long gray - green leaves.  In the wild grows usually on N. and W. slopes between 2100 - 3600 m.  Pyramidal growth, shiny brown -  purple female cones that are pendulous.
Notes:  One of the most distinct Picea species with incredibly long pendulous branches.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Gray, irregularly flaking bark.  Upward facing, short needles.  Yellow-brown seed cones to 3" long. 
Notes: Mixed mountain forests from elevations between 1400m to 2800m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Mexico, Central America
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single-trunked tree with horizontally spreading branches and pyramidal crown.  Bluish green silvery, soft needles with slightly drooping habit.
Notes:  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 1,900 - 3,500m

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun
Height: 30'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Large seed cones similar to Pinus sabiniana.
Notes:  Native to elevations of 300-2,100m, usually found on dry rocky slopes and ridges among oaks.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Guatemala, Mexico
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Long green needles.  Drooping
Notes: In the wild is often associated with Gaultheria, Liquidambar, Quercus.  Native to the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala from 1000 m - 1500 m above sea level.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  40'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Straight trunk and level branches with dense upright branchlets.  As the tree ages it develops a flattened top.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus hwangshanensis grows at elevations of 600-3'400m above sea level in mixed temperate and montane forests and sunny ridges.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae

Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: Mexico, southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 5" long.  Ovoid seed cones are solitary or in whorls of 2-5.  The sheath around the needle fascicles is shed as the needles expand.
Notes:  The natural range is primarily in Mexico that extends into the United States.  In the wild Pinus leiophylla grows between 1600m and 3000m altitude.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 10
Natural Range:  Mexico
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20' - 45'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen. Blue green needles with broad crown, irregular branching
Notes:  Reported to be one of the rarest trees.

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Tall, strait trunk.  Young trees have open pyramidal crown.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus maximonii grows at moderately high altitude between 600 - 2,400m. 

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:8 - 11
Natural Range: CentralMexico
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 12" long.  Crown is broad and rounded with dense branches. 
Notes: In the wild Pinus montezumae  grows in the mountains of Central and South Mexico where the climate is temperate at elevations between 1200m and 3600m.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Straight crown becoming broad and flattened.  Bark is smooth, becoming furrowed.  Cones maturing in 2 years
Notes: Occurs in the mountains of western north America

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun
Height: 40' - 80'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Straight or contorted trunk with rounded or flattened irregular crown.  Needles are borne with two per fascicle.  Needles to 6" inches long.
Notes:   Native from sea level to 300m , occurring along the coast and on Santa Cruz Santa Rosa  and Guadalupe islands Islands.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  9 - 10
Natural Range:  Mexico, Central America
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single, erect trunk, spreading branches forming rounded crown.  Rough, scaly bark.  Needles in fascicles of 4-5 persisting for 2-3 years.
Notes:  The national tree of Honduras.  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 2,000 - 2,400m

Pot size: 4" Band Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  10’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Curved blue green needles.  Cones formed at the branch tips.
Notes:  This form is smaller and slower growing than the species.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 -  10
Natural Range: Southern Europe
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 40', smaller in cultivation. 
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Grows with a distinct umbrella like canopy when mature.  Reddish gray bark.
Notes:  This is the true Pine Nut tree.  About $20 a pound for the tasty nut.  You too can harvest your own Pine Nuts in nearly a lifetime.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 45'-100', much smaller in cultivation. 
Attributes:  Evergreen, long gray needles giving a ghostly appearance.   Massive, heavy symmetrical, dull brown, resinous cone.  Distinct look among Pines.
Notes:  Collected in Northern California along the Trinity River.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 9
Natural Range:  Mexico; Western Chihuahua, Northern Coahuila to Southeastern Chiapas
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single-trunked tree with rounded, dense crown.
Notes:  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 1,500 - 3,000m

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:8 - 11
Natural Range: SouthernMexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 7" long.  Narrow crown with numerous horizontal branches densely clothed with foliage at the tips.
Notes: In the wild Pinus techumanii  grows in the mountains of Mexico and central America at elevations between 450m and 2900m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot