Branch Out With Beautiful Conifers
If your landscape or garden needs a sense of structure, and you want plants with wonderful textures, shapes and colors, consider conifer trees. These are plants with seed-filled cones and needles or spiny foliage. Some of these evergreen tree types shed their needles in winter, but most don’t.
You can find conifers in a wide range of sizes. Some have a pyramidal shape, like trimmed, traditional Christmas trees, while others are low-growing and have flat forms. Pine trees are among the most common conifers in the United States, and blue pine trees, including different varieties of spruces, junipers and cedars, are especially popular and beautiful. Cypress trees and shrubs are also popular conifers, although they’re in a different genus or botanical group. Keep going to find the best conifer for your landscape.