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  • Fernspray Hinoki False Cypress

    Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides'

    $10190

  • Stonehenge® Yew

    Taxus x media 'Stonehenge'

    (1)
    $2649

  • Golden Globe Arborvitae

    Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Globe'

    $9324

  • Fire Chief™ Arborvitae

    Thuja occidentalis 'Congabe'

    (7)
    $9108

  • Blue Point Juniper

    Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Point'

    (3)
    From $12970

  • Hetz Midget Arborvitae

    Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Midget'

    (1)
    $9324

  • Amber Gold Arborvitae

    Thuja occidentalis 'Jantar' PP22,296

    (2)
    From $9324

  • Grey Owl Juniper Bush

    Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'

    From $3359

  • Bird's Nest Spruce

    Picea abies 'Nidiformis'

    $9291

  • Enci Mugo Pine

    Pinus mugo 'Enci'

    From $4729

  • Montana Moss® Juniper

    Juniperus chinensis 'SMNJCHM' USPP 31,704

    (2)
    From $2659

  • Gold Lace Juniper Bush

    Juniperus chinensis 'Gold Lace'

    25% off
    (2)
    $7018 $9357

  • Fluffy® Western Arborvitae

    Thuja plicata 'SMNTPGF'

    From $8408

  • Old Gold Juniper Bush

    Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Old Gold'

    From $8475

  • Degroot's Spire Arborvitae

    Thuja occidentalis 'Degroot's Spire'

    $3763

  • Dwarf Norway Spruce

    Picea abies 'Pumila'

    $10323

  • Polar Gold® Arborvitae

    Thuja occidentalis 'Polar Gold'

    $2649

  • Green Sargent Juniper

    Juniperus chinensis sargentii 'Viridis'

    $8736

  • Franky Boy Arborvitae

    Thuja orientalis 'Franky Boy'

    $10852

  • Spring Grove™ Arborvitae

    Thuja plicata Spring Grove 'Grovepli'

    (2)
    $2649

  • Eastern White Pine Tree

    Pinus strobus

    (1)
    From $9191

  • Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress

    Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana'

    $13237

  • Contorted Hinoki False Cypress

    Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Contorta'

    $13237

  • Tempelhof Hinoki False Cypress

    Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Tempelhof'

    $13237

  • Forever Goldy® Arborvitae

    Thuja plicata '4EVER'

    (1)
    $9324

  • Woodward Arborvitae

    Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii'

    $9590

  • Anna's Magic Ball® Arborvitae

    Thuja occidentalis 'Anna Van Vloten'

    (1)
    From $7326

  • Golden Hinoki False Cypress

    Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii'

    Sold out
    $5953

  • Skyrocket Juniper Tree

    Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket'

    Sold out
    (4)
    $3830
  • Blue Chip Juniper Bush (Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip'), a shrub featuring white flowers and evergreen.

    Blue Chip Juniper Bush

    Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip'

    Sold out
    (1)
    $3360

Conifers

Conifers are cone-bearing evergreens that carry needles or flat scales instead of broad leaves, and most of them hold their color straight through winter. This page gathers every conifer Nature Hills Nursery offers, from creeping junipers that stay ankle high to spruce and pine that grow into full shade trees.

Which conifers survive your winter?

Zone is the first filter, and the range across this page is wide. Arborvitae, creeping juniper, and white spruce hold up in zone 3. Hinoki false cypress and Japanese cedar start at zone 5. Atlas cedar and English yew want zone 6 or warmer. Check the zone range on the plant before anything else. A conifer that is one zone short often looks fine for two years, then browns out in a hard winter.

How much room does it get?

Mature size splits this page in half. Dwarf and miniature forms add an inch or two a year and settle between 1 and 4 feet, which suits a foundation bed, a rock garden, or a container. Full-size conifers add a foot or more a year and want 10 to 20 feet of spread. Measure the bed first, because most conifers will not resprout from bare old wood the way a deciduous shrub does.

Color, shape, and texture

Conifer color runs well past plain green. Blue-green, powder blue, golden yellow, and green with creamy white new growth are all common here, and several arborvitae and false cypress shift to bronze or copper in cold weather. Shape matters as much as color. Columnar forms draw the eye up, globe and bun forms settle a bed down, and weeping forms need a spot where the falling branches read against open sky or a wall.

Sun and drainage

Most conifers on this page want full sun, 6 hours or more, and nearly all of them want soil that drains. Wet feet end more conifers than cold does. If your only open spot stays soggy after rain, choose from the plants listed for partial sun and average moisture rather than forcing a dryland pine into it.

Every conifer here ships with our 45-day Growing & Glowing Guarantee. Start with your zone, then pick a shape.

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