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Arboretum de Concord Michigan USA © CONIFERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN ZONE 5 USA Join the International Conifer Society CONIFER OBSESSION© Picea abies 'Acrocona' Site is under construction CONIFERS - RARE - DWARF - UNUSUAL - COMMON CULTIVARS "Conifers magnificent color changes, fascinating and extreme forms and spectacular winter color!" Conifers include approximately 625-700 species worldwide and up to 900 taxa including distinctive subspecies and varieties, compared with an estimated 400,000 species of flowering plants, but conifers are much more important to the world's landscape and ecology than their relative small number of species might suggest. Conifers have their own unique appearance. Debreczy, Zs. and I. Rácz, 2011. Conifers Around the World. Vpls. 1-2 DendroPress Ltd, Budapest. 1089 pp. Conifers, a diverse and vast group of plants are spanning in size from tiny miniatures to giant forest trees. Conifers provide unsurpassed beauty with their spectacular color changes. Their most astonishing transformation takes place during springs new growth. These four-season plants have fascinating and unusual forms: some are weeping, pendulous, columnar and pyramidal, others are prostate, globose and dwarf. Conifers provide interest in all season and they add essential ingredients to a garden never replicated by any other plants. The environmental requirement for each plant depends upon the conifers native habitat. Before you buy plants, try to research the cultural conditions and how to provide them. Select plants that will grow in the environment you can supply. For more cultural information, growing tips and solving problems and to obtain unusual and rare species, we recommend joining the Conifer Society. The Society promotes plant and seed exchanges and provides information on the culture of these plants. Interested in learning more about conifers? Join the International Conifer Society Conifer Obsession , providing several E-mail discussion groups for every knowledge level. A VIRTUAL Conifer Society for Conifer Connoisseurs! Return To Home Page Aristocratic Orchids Rain Forest Greenhouse Splendors of the Rain Forest Garden Web World Jewels of the Plant Kingdom from around the World Propagation Hints for Conifers Grafting and Seed Collecting Tips Conifer species vs. Hybrid/Cultivars To return to this page, click the "Back" button on your browser. All Photos are copyrighted © - Click on any photo to enlarge Descriptive notes for each plant: Culture and Habitat Picea abies 'Acrocona' Fagus sylvatica Atropurperea_Pendula Picea abies 'Acrocona' cones Heidi von Stern The Arboretum's Deer & Rabbit Patrol Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan from left to right: Gary Gee, Siegrid Stern, Chub Harper, Carole Groh and Dennis Groh in rear Visit: The Harper Collection of Dwarf & Rare Conifers Larix decidua 'Himmel Broom' Sciadopitys verticillata 'Variegata' A very rare plant originated from Iseli Nursery Conifers in Spring Abies koreana 'Aurea' Pinus parviflora 'Goldilocks' Pinus peuce 'Variegata' Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst' Picea abies 'Rubra Spicata' Picea bicolor (aka jezoensis) 'Howells Dwarf Tigertail' Asia - Zone 5 - not heat tolerant Conifers in Summer Picea abies 'Pendula' Pinus parviflora 'Ara Kawa' Thuja occidentalis 'Filiformis' Picea meyeri China Picea wilsonii China Pinus ayacahuite Mexico Abies fraseri columnar Picea meyeri & wilsonii, P. pungens in rear Conifers in Winter Junip. scopulorum 'Tolleson's Blue' Cunninghamia lanceolata Pinus contorta var.latifolia 'Chief Joseph' Sequoiadendron giganteum Microbiota decussata Picea abies 'Pendula' Pinus sylvestris 'Gold Coin' Conifers after an Ice Storm "CONIFERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD GROWN IN MICHIGAN - ZONE 5 USA" The environmental requirement for each species depends upon the plants native habitat. Before you buy plants, try to research the cultural conditions and how to provide them. Select plants that will grow in the environment you can supply. For more cultural information, growing tips and and solving problems, we recommend to join one of the Conifer Obsession Groups. "Explore the best site for Conifers at Garden Web World " Interested in learning more about conifers? Join the International Conifer Society CONIFER OBSESSION© A VIRTUAL Conifer Society for Conifer Connoisseurs "Interested in visiting some World-Class Plant Collections and famous Gardens? Take a Virtual Tour at Garden Web World " All material on this Web Site is copyrighted©, and may not be reproduced without prior written permission. Copyright © 2016 - Garden Splendor, LLC ® All rights reserved worldwide. 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