{"id":10472,"date":"2014-08-23T13:18:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T20:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10472"},"modified":"2014-08-13T05:27:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T12:27:53","slug":"dwarf-rockery-conifers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/dwarf-rockery-conifers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwarf Rockery Conifers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Dwarf Conifer by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5937606218\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6128\/5937606218_ccc13f0817.jpg\" alt=\"Dwarf Conifer\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone wants a Leylandii hedge, in fact few gardeners want Leylandii at all. Fortunately there are other conifers and shrubs to suit most people. I have just introduced some new dwarf conifers into my rockery with a range of alpines.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea'  by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5973580924\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6146\/5973580924_274cd37d94.jpg\" alt=\"Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea' \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chamaecyparis obtusa &#8216;Nana Aurea&#8217; AGM<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is sold as being ideal for small gardens and rockeries<\/li>\n<li>It will grow a pyramid shape with sprays of yellow tipped blunt shaped leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Chamai, means &#8216;dwarf&#8217; Aurea means gold and Obtusa means blunt shaped.<\/li>\n<li>After 10 years it should be no more than 2 feet high by 18 inches wide<\/li>\n<li>It is now planted in well drained soil in full sun but with some shelter from the wind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Picea pungens 'Montgomery' by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5973021785\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6134\/5973021785_c1790641cc.jpg\" alt=\"Picea pungens 'Montgomery'\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picea pungens &#8216;Montgomery&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This I bought as a grafted shrub with blue needle like leaves<\/li>\n<li>A slow growing blue coloured specimen due to grow to 20-30 inches in 10 years.<\/li>\n<li>These pictures look a good bit taller than the shrub I hope to grow. Well here&#8217;s hoping the graft is on small stock.<\/li>\n<li>Female cones are cylindrical, green when young, maturing to pale brown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Cryptomeria Japonica 'Golden Promise' by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5973580706\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6025\/5973580706_4463d0f5c2.jpg\" alt=\"Cryptomeria Japonica 'Golden Promise'\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cryptomeria Japonica &#8216;Golden Promise&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taking 20-50 years to reach 24 by 18&#8243; this is a true slow grower<\/li>\n<li>It should make a rounded shrub with green foliage turning creamy gold in the heat of summer.<\/li>\n<li>By autumn there will be a purple tinge to the leaves but it is a hardy evergreen.<\/li>\n<li>Also known as Japanese cedar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Tips and Comments<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I was inspired to try more plants after visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/perennial-york-gate\/\">Perennial&#8217;s York Gate Garden<\/a>. They have many prostrate and vertical conifers on display but disappointingly will not let me show you the photographs. Not very charitable from the Gardeners Royal Benevolent charity!<\/li>\n<li>I bought the plants at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godsowncounty.co.uk\/07\/yorkshire-cities\/slack-top-and-bottom-facts\/\">Slack Top nursery<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The visible labels are made from copper. You scratch the name into the soft material and they should age gently but remain legible. I bought them from Wilkinsons and hope they help me with the names as my memory fades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not everyone wants a Leylandii hedge, in fact few gardeners want Leylandii at all. Fortunately there are other conifers and shrubs to suit most people. I have just introduced some new dwarf conifers into my rockery with a range of alpines. Chamaecyparis obtusa &#8216;Nana Aurea&#8217; AGM This is sold as being ideal for small gardens and rockeries It will grow a pyramid shape with sprays of yellow tipped blunt shaped leaves. Chamai, means &#8216;dwarf&#8217; Aurea means gold and Obtusa means&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/dwarf-rockery-conifers\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-alpine-rockery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}