{"id":373,"date":"2015-07-19T07:07:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T14:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=373"},"modified":"2015-07-13T07:53:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T14:53:49","slug":"blue-conifer-abies-glauca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/design\/blue-conifer-abies-glauca\/","title":{"rendered":"Choice Blue Conifers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/abies-fanal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372 aligncenter\" title=\"abies-fanal\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/abies-fanal.jpg\" alt=\"Abies procera glauca\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/abies-fanal.jpg 2259w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/abies-fanal-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This noble fir is a large prostrate form with thick rounded bright blue needles that gives a good colour contrast within any garden. This is just one of the good looking Conifers that can be suitable for a British garden.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This prostrate form is slow growing. Remove any strong vertical branches<\/li>\n<li>Young plants need a good soaking when the soil becomes too dry and prefer a moisture retentive soil<\/li>\n<li>Roots spread wider than the tree but shouldn&#8217;t need fertiliser<\/li>\n<li>Will stand very cold winter temperatures<\/li>\n<li>The habit, form and colour of this Pine make it a good plant to incorporate into a garden design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1405363126\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0881923540.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Blue Conifers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"irc_su\" dir=\"ltr\">Colorado Blue Spruce or Picea pungens glauca is a beautiful blue conifer with a broad, pyramidal shape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cedrus atlantica &#8216;Glauca Pendula&#8217;\u00c2\u00a0 as the name suggests trails like a weeping willow and can be as vigorous.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"product_title\">Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana Alumii is a slow growing columnar tree<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Abies pinsapo blue Spanish fir is also s<span class=\"TGCOLOR6\">low growing with some of the most striking frosty blue\u00c2\u00a0 foliage of any conifer. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This noble fir is a large prostrate form with thick rounded bright blue needles that gives a good colour contrast within any garden. This is just one of the good looking Conifers that can be suitable for a British garden. This prostrate form is slow growing. Remove any strong vertical branches Young plants need a good soaking when the soil becomes too dry and prefer a moisture retentive soil Roots spread wider than the tree but shouldn&#8217;t need fertiliser Will&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/design\/blue-conifer-abies-glauca\/\"> 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":[49,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373","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=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}