Photo gallery of Interesting Ideas

Araucaria heterophylla   (Planted as a hedge or screen)

Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula'
side branches in this case were taken out sideways

Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' as a trained tree is the U.S.A.

Cryptomeria japonica 'Egmont' ® untrimmed 4 year old hedge

Cryptomeria japonica 'Egmont'®    20 year old hedge regularly trimmed sides and top.  Height -  8 metres..

Cupressus macrocarpa 'Greenstead Magnificent'  -  grafted as a standard.

Juniperus chinensis 'Kaizuka'  -  Group Planting.

Juniperus communis 'Repanda' - Planted on a slope

Juniperus x media 'Gold Coast' - Ground cover.  x Cup. ley. 'Leighton's Green' hedge behind.

Juniperus sabina 'Tamariscifolia' - as ground cover - x Cup. ley. 'Leighton's Green' hedge behind.

Microbiota decussata
Attractive chocolate brown in winter- Here in combination with
Cham. pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'.

Pinus luchuensis & Pinus tecumumanii - Showing luchuensis (on left) as salt wind hardy and tecumumanii (on right) suffering salt burn.

Podocarpus totara 'Aureus  - (Trimmed group of 4)

Podocarpus totara 'Aureus  - (Single trimmed)

Podocarpus totara 'Aureus - (Planted as a hedge)

Taxodium distichum 'Cascade Falls' - David Sampson Director standing by a young 2 meter high plant.

Taxodium mucronatum (left) and Taxodium distichum (right) showing deciduous nature. -  Tax. mucronatum keeps its leaves until spring when the new growth pushes the old leaves off.   Tax. dis. show it has lost its leaves in late Autumn.

Taxodium mucronatum and Taxodium distichum  - showing winter colour.

 Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis'   -  Group Planting.

Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'   -  Planted as a hedge or screen.

Thuja orientalis 'Blue Cone' - The illustration shows it grouped in the formal landscape with Chamaecyparis pis. 'Filifera Aurea'.

Thuja orientalis 'Green Cone'   -  Group Planting.

INTERESTING IDEAS

Azaleas and conifers as mixed plantings. Photo 1.  Photo 2.

Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' Showing how it can be trained as a "wisteria substitute"

Cephalotaxus used for under planting in the U.S.A.  1., 2.

Conifer Garden on a grand scale.  1., 2., 3., 4., 5. 

 X CUPRESSOCYPARIS LEYLANDII cut as Pillars in the U.S.A.

Dual Planting at Iseli Garden U.S.A.

Formal Garden at Iseli Garden U.S.A (1)

Formal Garden at Iseli Garden U.S.A (2)

Juniperus x media 'Pfitzeriana Glauca' "Cloud pruned" This could be classed as Informal Topiary.

Juniperus taxifolia var. luchuensis   has been been trained up a stake as a feature plant.

Mixed Planting in New Zealand. (Cambridge)

Mixed Conifer Planting in New Zealand  1

 Mixed Conifer Planting in New Zealand 2

Mixed Conifer Planting in New Zealand 3

Mixed Conifer Planting in New Zealand 4

Mixed Conifer Planting in New Zealand 5

Mixed Conifer Planting in New Zealand 6

Mixed Planting in the U.S.A.

Garden pond and conifers in U.S.A.

Smaragd hedge in the U.S.A.

Taxodium distichum group planting in the U.S.A.

Topiary garden U.S.A.

Thujopsis dolobrata and Thuja plicata 'Zebrina' used as a hedge

18 year old dwarfs

Bad and Good Roots (owing to bad (on Left & Good on right) planting.

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