Look Inside
The great thing about conifers is they look great all year round. Most of them are grown for foliage, and in general, foliage remains the same pretty well all year. Unlike other trees and shrubs,you do not have a month of attractive flowers, followed by an obscure plant the remainder of the year. A brilliant blue of gold foliage conifer will be blue or gold month in, month out.
Conifers are an ancient group of plants, which were the dominant species when the world’s climate was colder. The range of modern conifers is diverse, with cultivars to suit to virtually all types of climates and environments.Even though there are more varieties to suit cold or temperate climates, there are still plenty of conifers also which grow in hotter areas (hot dry or even wet tropics).
Pages: 81
Images: 90
ISBN: 978-0-9871395-4-2
Table of Contents
Credits
About The Author
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Caring For Conifers
Conifer Problems
CHAPTER 2 PROPAGATING CONIFERS
Some Methods for Improving the Success of Propagation
Cutting Propagation
Seed Propagation
CHAPTER 3 GROWING CONIFERS IN CONTAINERS
Why Grow Conifers in Containers
Choosing a Container
Some Ideas for Using Conifers In Containers
CHAPTER 4 CONIFER HEDGES & TOPIARY
Pruning Conifers
Shaping Conifers
Pruning Tools
CHAPTER 5 LANDSCAPING WITH CONIFERS
Using Conifers
Growing Conifers
Purchasing Your Conifers
Conifer Landscape Use Lists
CHAPTER 6 COMMERCIAL & OTHER USES FOR CONIFERS
Edible Conifers
Conifer Oils
Agroforestry and Timber
CHAPTER 7 DIRECTORY OF CONIFER CULTIVARS
Abies (Silver or True Firs)
Actinostrobus
Agathis
Araucaria
Athrotaxus
Callitris
Cedrus (Cedar)
Cephalotaxus (Plum Yew)
Chamaecyparis
Cryptomeria
X Cupressocyparis
Cupressus
Dacrydium
Ginkgo (Maidenhair Tree)
Juniperus
Lagarostrobos (Syn. Dacrydium)
Larix (Larch Or Tamarack)
Metasequoia (Dawn Redwood)
Microbiota
Picea (Spruce Or Spruce Firs)
Pinus
Podocarpus
Pseudotsuga (False Hemlock)
Sciadopitys
Sequoia
Sequoiadendron (Syn Wellingtonia)
Taxodium (Bald Or Deciduous Cypress)
Taxus
Thuja
Thujopsis
Torrya
Tsuga (Hemlock)
APPENDIX
Acknowledgements
Certificates & Advanced Diplomas in Horticulture
ACS Distance Education
Further Reading
ACS Global Partners