How to use conifers in the garden: tips and ideas!
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- This week on The Horti-Culturalists we return to the wonderful Conifer Gardens Nursery to look at their mature garden of incredible conifers and learn some basic dos...and don'ts! when it comes to growing this group in your garden. We'll look at which conifers can be pruned to make hedges, take a look at cloud pruning, learn how to go about planning where to use conifers, some of the pitfalls to avoid and look at some of the enormous variety in colour, form and texture of this vast group of plants. All the conifers we'll look at are listed below and all available from Conifer Gardens Nursery. They can only ship within Australia and contact them directly if you are in a quarantine state. Many thanks to the team for making us so welcome and if you want to learn more, plan a visit or see the full plant list, you can here: www.conifer.co...
The plants we cover in this video are:
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Abies
Pinus mugo 'Winter Gold'
Pinus thunbergii 'Kyotto Nishiki'
Pinus coulteri
Podocarpus alpinus
Picea
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata'
Cupressocyparis leylandii ‘Castlewellan Gold’
Thuja
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I love the range and depth being covered, and the different dynamics of the two hosts’ personalities, and the fast-paced and well-edited cadence. You two are quickly becoming one of my most favorite YT horticultural channels and, more importantly, most informative. Thank you!
you will turn my head with all these compliments! Regards Stephen
My favorite plants
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You guys are terrific and this topic is one that I have become most interested in over the last few months. I’m preparing my lawn, here in Arkansas, USA, to include several Conifers in 2024. This is a must as I have had the worst luck with growing trees. This year I planted four arborvitae. One has died and another is heading that way. Two are doing great. The difference, the two that are doing very well were planted in soil that had been previously used as a vegetable garden and the soil had been heavily amended over the years. The other two were planted in hard clay soil that was only lightly amended at the plant site. The rest of the yard is hard clay. But, I’ve begun to correct this. Thanks
A pleasure. Regards Stephen
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! ❤
You are so welcome! Regards Stephen
Brilliant video guys. So interesting. Thank you.
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your both XCELLENT! ty for all the info. ! I too was nit enthralled with confers until you showed them here today! thank you from LAS VEGAS,.
Glad you enjoyed it! And converted. Regards Stephen
Thank you guys for such a wonderful show on conifers not to much on the subject
I love them and they can go in any type of garden and so much verity
I think the big problem with them is the right tree in the wrong place and if the gardener gets old they tend to get untidy and fall back
If I could ask a question as I say I do love them and they do go well in my cottage style garden but I can have problems in my heavy clay soil growing them a lot just die other go on the soil is heavy but not water logged in any way
God Bless and Thank You from Ireland 🇮🇪
If your soil is too damp lift the areas where you are planting and or plant dwarf forms of water loving conifers such as Taxodium! Regards Stephen
“Yes, no, yes, no”! (Regarding cloud pruning). Ahahahah! I just love you guys!!!
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In the case of pines, there's some species, like the japanese black pine (thunbergii) and the japanese red pine (densiflora) that can grow 2 times in a single season if you cut off the new growth,and I mean every little candle no matter how small or large they are, by doing this the new growth will have smaller needles,especially if you do it later in the summer, they are called double-flush pines. There's some other ones that MIGHT grow a second time but they are not so reliable.
(I learned all of this because of bonsai if you were wondering)
Interesting. We learn a lot from our viewers so its really a two way street. Regards Stephen
I love conifers my favourite trees ❤
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@@thehorti-culturalists Thank you for the wonderful information🌲
This is just gorgeous, aaand I learned a fascinating new thing - Reversion. Thank you very much for the beauty and the knowledge.
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen
"before my time..." LOL (and I only say that when I mean it. I looked up the names of some of my dwarf conifers after your last video (pinus contorta Taylor's sunburst, picea Orientalis pendula, a Jakob juniper and Mugo Wintersonne). Thanks for making another video on conifers!
A pleasure and I’m sure we will visit conifers again at some point. Regards Stephen
4:38 I've spoken to Ursula and without actually saying it, I understood that there used to be more trees along the driveway, specifically the weeping blue cedar inside the nursery was moved at some stage to where it is now, im guessing it isn't the only tree they moved
You are probably right and as we know gardens need to change as they grow. Regards Stephen
I have the tiniest conifer that volunteered in one of my succulent pots. It must be at least 4 years old now and has reached about 3" in both directions.... So cute and so slow growing. Think I'll photograph it and ask 'The Gardening Simplified Show' what it is.
It could be a dwarf form and may be unique. Regards Stephen
Hello! Right after you showed the giant cone you showed a weeping conifer and didn’t mention it’s name. Can you please tell me the variety?
Loved the video, very informative 🌲
Sorry, it’s a weeping form of Tsuga canadensis
@@thehorti-culturalists Thank you so much!
Can you, talk about moving or transplanting conifers. Best time to move?
I would suggest winter in most climates unless you come from somewhere that completely freezes over for the winter. Regards Stephen
so what would be the fastest growing conifer. Another great explanation lads. what would you plant to hide the neighbours relatively quickly?
It depends on where you are and how tall you are prepared to let it grow. Leyland Cypress are certainly fast. Regards Stephen
NSW Thought that might be your answer........ Thank you
The fastest conifer are “Emerald green arborvitae,Leyland cypress,Italian cypress ,bayberry,blue spruce etc 😊enjoy your conifer “It’s Ánimo time 😊👍🏽etc
There’s plenty variety out there
What did Matthew end up buying? My garden is full but I always buy an interesting dwarf conifer when I see one with the excuse that it can be stuck in a container. Thanks for the great video
A Chamaecyparis pisifera’ Curly tops’ of all things. Regards Stephen
Stephan I live in the mountains of Crete, we get frost and a bit of snow along with strong winds. I'm trying to create a bit of a plant explosion like your own amazing garden. I purchased a Fatsia Japonica as I know they take the cold. But will it take full winter sun under my deciduous trees?
I should be fine. Regards Stephen
2:28 - I wonder if we ever see video about roses or petunias on this channel 😄
Petunias! Roses maybe. Regards Stephen
Hinoki or obtusa chamaecyparis is so varied and fun and some of the winter colors can be great. Be glad you can grow lawsoniana because in the southeast US, they don't do well..When you pronounce Hikon is that a Japanese shortening of hinoki??? Also be careful candle pruning pines because they can die on you easily from that process if you aren't careful...I've killed several thunbergii's in the past...Leyland cypress is a dreadful hybrid so like you, I avoid them for sure...
Not sure about the Hikon thing but it could be and yes the Leyland is a pest really. Regards Stephen
Hi men, I live in Tasmania and am currently in the middle of a conifer obsession, putting in white pines, black pines, blue spruces, arborvitae and the list goes on. I watch a lot of the American youtube channels and they recommend planting a lot of the conifers high due to their dislike of wet feet, like 30% sticking out the top of the soil. They have a very heavy clay based soil so I am wondering if I need to be doing the same here with my volcanic soil? Noting that most of my garden beds are top soil that I have built up above ground so the base of the plants are often a good few cms above the native soil. Thank you
By the description you give I wouldn’t mound the soil as I think your soil sounds like it will drain perfectly well. Regards Stephen
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