Conifers are a wonderful way of adding colour and shape to your garden - and because the vast majority are evergreen, the effect will last the whole year! Here at Sandersons Nurseries we stock an impressive range of different shades, shapes and sizes.
As long as you have chosen the right site, most conifers are low-maintenance. requiring only a little pruning and watering. They are generally disease-resistant - requiring only a little loving care during really cold spells.
Hedging Conifers
Cupressus Leylandii
Fastest growing conifers of all, growing on average 3ft per year.
Need to be maintained annually once they reach required height.
Sizes in stock / Prices
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18in to 2ft - £3.75
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4ft - £7
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5.5ft to 6ft - £14.50
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8.5ft to 9ft - £40
Cupressus Castlewellan
Gold eqivalent of Cupressus Leylandii (above). Not quite as fast growing - 2 to 2.5 feet per year.
Bright gold in summer, turning to a bronze colour in winter. They can also be used as a specimen conifer as they form a flame shape.
Sizes in stock / Prices
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2ft £3.75
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5 to 5.5ft - £14.50
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5.5ft to 6ft - £14.50
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9ft - £40
Thuja - plicata atrovirens
Not quite as fast growing as Leylandii. Has an advantage over Leylandii as you can cut into the old wood and new growth will appear.
Growth rate is around 12 to 18 inches per year.
Sizes in stock / Prices
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Appriximately 4.5ft - £20
Taxus - baccata (Yew)
Bushy conifer. Produces red berries. Various sizes available.
Sizes in stock / Prices
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Approximately 18in - £8.50
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Upto 3.5ft - £35
Specimen Conifers
Chamaecyparis
Pembury Blue
Medium sized conifer - £25
Golden Wonder
Medium sized conifer - £25
Erectaviridis
Pottenii
Winston Churchill
Stardust
Lanei
Stewartii
Columnaris Glauc
Green Hedger
Fletcherii
Fletcherii Aurea
Fraserii
Aullumii
Aullumii Gold
Silver Queen
Thuja
Smaragd
Pyramidalis Compacta
Yellow Ribbon
Zebrina
Dwarf Conifers
Prices range from £5 to £15
Thuja Rheingold
Ultimately reaching 4 feet and turns copper-bronze in winter.
Thuja Rosedalis
Ultimately reaching 5 feet and turns purple in winter.
Pygmea Argentia
Grows to around 3 feet.
Cham Filifera Aurea
Makes a gold mound.
Juniper Old Gold
Low ground cover
Cham Sunkist
Ultimately reaching 5 to 6 feet.
Thuja Holmstrup
Reaches 6 feet. Compact growing habit.
Picea Mungo Mops
Picea Mungo Gnome
Juniper
Juniper Skyrocket
Ultimately reaches 9 feet and is a blue-grey colour.
Blue Arrow
Not quite 9 feet and is more blue than Juniper Skyrocket (above). Very slim and pencil-like.
Juniper Suecica
Narrow growing habit. Blue-green in colour.
Juniper Grey Owl
Low spreading habit. Can become quite large.
Pfitzeriana Aurea
Large low-growing conifer. Can spread 5 or 6 feet.
Cedrus
Deodara
Pendulous habit. Graceful appearance.
Deodara Aurea
Gold version of Deodara (above).
Cedrus Atlantica
Tsuga
Canadensis
Bushy conifer turning bronze in winter
Abies
Abies Coreana (Korean Fir)
Bares purple cones from very early age.
Picea
Globosa
Taxus
Baccata Aurea
Taxus
Taxus Sempervirens