Enjoying the
Evergreens and Boxwoods
All-season color, hedges, and privacy screens
Products listed below are for general information only. For current pricing, availability, and specimen variety and care, please call the Greenhouse or contact our Nursery Manager here. Items listed are hardy to zone 4 (northern New York) or better, unless otherwise noted.
Arborvitae
American Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis
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"Emerald Green" (Smaragd)
12-15 feet high
3-5 feet wide
Fast-growing privacy screen for small properties
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"Degroot's Spire"
6-12 feet high
3-5 feet wide
Narrow, bronzes in cold weather.
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"Nigra"
20-30 feet high
8-10 feet wide
Remains dark green all year.
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"Rheingold"
4-5 feet high
2-3 feet wide
Green-gold. Shrub sized.
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Western Redcedar, Giant Arborvitae, Thuja plicata
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"Green Giant"
30-50 feet high
10-12 feet wide
Fast-growing privacy screen option
Boxwood
Littleleaf Boxwood, Buxus microphylla
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"Green Mountain"
6-8 feet high
5-7 feet wide
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"Green Velvet"
3-4 feet high
3-4 feet wide
Holly
Common Winterberry, Ilex verticillata
6-10 feet high
6-10 feet wide
Prefers full sun and moist, well-drained soil. Needs a male for pollination.
Males are identified by four extended stamens. Females, with a central
ovary, "recall a green basketball", and produce small red fruit ("drupes")
when blooming at the same time as a nearby male specimen.
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Prune holly in winter to refresh the entire plant.
Juniper
Creeping Juniper, Juniper horizontalis
"Bar Harbor"
8-12 INCHES high
6-8 FEET wide
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"Blue Chip"
8-10 INCHES high
6-8 FEET wide
Great for cool climates!
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"Blue Rug"
4-6 INCHES high
6-8 FEET wide
Deep green in warm seasons, and deep burgundy in cold seasons
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Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus scopulorum
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"Wichita Blue"
18-20 feet high
5-8 feet wide
Brilliant blue foliage.
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Single-Seed Juniper Juniperus squamata "Blue Star"
3-4 feet high
3-4 feet high
Silver-Blue foliage
Larch
European Larch, Larix decidua, American Larch, Tamarack Larix laricina
50-75 feet high
25-40 feet wide
Small ornamental varieties are often available.
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Pine
Pinus
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Availability of specimen pines varies year to year, including White, Japanese White, Red, Scotch, Austrian, Virginian, Austrian, Bosnian, and more- including pendula cultivars.
Height: Available in shrub varieties that reach no more than 8-10 feet, to trees that could reach 50 feet or more.
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Spruce
Norway Spruce, Picea abies
Bird's Nest Spruce, "Nidiformis"
3-6 feet high
3-6 feet wide
Compact and mounded.
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"Pendula"
6-10 feet high
6-10 feet wide
Ungainly and difficult to dimension.
A great conversation piece.
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White Spruce, Picea glauca
Dwarf Alberta Spruce, "Conica"
10-12 feet high
6-8 feet wide
The most widely sold dwarf conifer in the US!
Serbian Spruce, Picea omorika
50-60 feet high
20-25 feet wide
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Oriental Spruce, Picea orientalis
50-60 feet high
10-15 feet wide
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Colorado Spruce, Picea pungens
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"Fat Albert"
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"Glauca Pendula"
Yew
Upright Japanese Yew, Taxus cuspidata capitata
40-50 feet high
15-20 feet wide
Can be kept to a smaller size with pruning.
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English-Japanese Yew, Taxus x media
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"Densiformis"
3-4 feet high
4-8 feet wide
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"Hicksii"
15-20 feet high
5-8 feet wide
Good in colder climates.
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