Cycads and Conifers
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is clearly defined and well understood.
Juniperus chinensis L.
Fully-hardy, evergreen, ovoid-conical tree with brown, peeling bark, pointed juvenile leaves, in pairs or threes, diamond-shaped adult leaves, in 4 ranks, flat along the stems, with a pungent smell, and violet-brown fruit. To 20m. There are many garden forms. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Juniperus communis L. var. cracovia
Juniperus communis is a hardy, variable, evergreen, spreading shrub to small, columnar tree, with sharp pointed leaves borne in threes, with white bands on the inner faces, and ovoid fruit, green ripening to blue over 3 years. To 6m. The type species is widespread in the northern hemisphere. The variety cracovia is is an erect, robust variety with pendulous, terminal branchlets from Poland. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Juniperus communis L. var. hibernica
See Juniperus communis L. var. cracovia for a general description of the species. The form hibernica is a very slow growing, slender, evergreen, spindle-shaped, columnar shrub or small tree with dense foliage, the branchlets somewhat pendant at the tips. To 5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Juniperus excelsa M.Bieb.
Fully-hardy, evergreen, conical or loosely columnar shrub or small tree, with tiny greyish leaves on slender branches and pendulous branchlets, and rounded, purplish-brown fruit ripening over 2 years. To 12m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Juniperus horizontalis Moench.
Fully-hardy, prostrate, creeping, evergreen shrub with sharp-pointed juvenile leaves in pairs or threes, scale-like adult leaves, lying flat along the shoots in 4 rows, and ovoid, dark blue fruit. To 30cm by indefinite. There are many garden forms. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Juniperus oxycedrus L.
Fully-hardy, variable, evergreen shrub or small tree with an open, drooping habit, pointed leaves, white-banded beneath, in threes, and reddish-brown, ovoid fruit, ripening over 2 years. To about 6m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Juniperus phoenicea L.
Fully-hardy, dense, rounded or broadly conical evergreen shrub or small tree, with rounded fruits, ripening over 2 years. To about 6m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Juniperus recurva Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Fully-hardy, variable, conical or broadly columnar, evergreen tree with stringy, shaggy bark, pendulous sprays of wedge-shaped leaves, to 7mm long, in threes, pointing forwards, and spherical greenish-brown to black fruit. To 10m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Juniperus sabina L. var. tamariscifolia Ait.
Fully-hardy, low growing, vigorous, evergreen shrub with horizontal tiers of spreading, short, sharply pointed, mainly juvenile leaves, borne in pairs or threes and bright green. To 2m. Tamariscifolia is a naturally occurring variety of Juniperus sabina from the mountains of southern Europe. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Juniperus virginiana L.
Fully-hardy, evergreen conical or columnar tree with spreading branches, peeling bark, pointed, wedge-shaped juvenile leaves, diamond-shaped, scale-like adult leaves, and ovoid, brownish fruit ripening in the first year. To 30m. There are numerous garden forms. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Lagarostrobos franklinii (Hook.f.) Quinn
Marginally frost-hardy, evergreen conical tree, spreading with age, with slender, drooping branches clothed in scale-like leaves, and erect and terminal female cones. To 30m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Libocedrus tetragona Endl.
Fully hardy coniferous pyramidal tree with leaves in four ranks, giving shoots a four-sided appearance, and small cones. To 35m or more. [RHSE, Hortus].
Phyllocladus aspleniifolius (Labill.) Hook.f.
Half-hardy evergreen tree with bluish, fan-shaped, flattened stems (phylloclades), resembling the leaves of celery, usually toothed or lobed, to 5cm long, and fleshy pink, cup-like seed coats, usually at the edge of the phylloclades. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Phyllocladus trichomanoides D.Don
Half-hardy, evergreen pyramidal tree with smooth bark, whorled branches, flattened stems (phylloclades), resembling the leaves of celery, usually toothed or lobed, to 30cm long, each with up to 15 diamond-shaped segments, and spherical, blue or black female cones, to 2cm long, and catkin-like, purple male cones, in spring. To 12m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
