A fascinating triple hybrid on the stunning and large, so-called Jubutia hybrid between Jubaea chilensis and Butia odorata, pollinated with Syagrus romanzoffiana. The result should be a plant close to Butyagrus (Butia odorata x Syagrus romanzoffiana) in looks but of larger size and with improved col..
For this exquisite cross, a hybrid between Encephalartos horridus and E.lehmannii was pollinated with pollen from the rare E. latifrons. The resulting plants should have broad, spiky and blue leaves...
A very interesting triple hybrid on the stunning and large, so-called Jubutia hybrid between Jubaea chilensis and Butia odorata, pollinated with Butia eriospatha. The result should be a plant close to Butia in looks but of larger size and with improved cold hardiness and hybrid vigor...
A beautiful, fast growing but relatively short lived medium-sized flowering tree, found in cloud forest areas usually as a pioneer species in secondary or disturbed vegetation between 2000 and 3200 m in Andes from Colombia to Peru and in Costa Rica. It has dark green, broad foliage and upright, cand..
A herby, short-lived shrub to about 2 m tall with reddish stems and deeply, palmately lobed leaves. Okra is widely cultivated for its immature, pentagonal seed pods that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Abelmoschus esculentus is a perennial in tropical regions and grown as an annual in temperate..
A magnificent, very large conifer that can reach more than 50 m tall, native from the Pyrenees in Spain to the Carpathians, southern Italy and northern Greece to 1800 m. It has a straight trunk with whitish bark and a pyramidal crown and dark green, needlelike leaves with white undersides. Abies alb..
A very large conifer native to temperate rainforests from coastal southeastern Alaska to northern California to 2300 m elevation. It can reach to 75 m tall with a narrow, conical crown. In cultivation, Abies amabilis is hardy to USDA Zone 5 and a popular forestry tree for temperate climates due to i..
A pretty, medium-sized conifer rarely to 30 m tall, widely distributed and commonly seen from central to eastern Canada and scattered south to Virginia in the U.S.A. It forms a narrowly conical, densely branched crown with short, narrow but blunt leaves that are dark glossy green above and pale to b..
An imposing, large conifer to about 40 m (130 ft.) tall, native to the mountains of Greece between 800 and 2000 m (2600 and 6600 ft.) with dense, dark green, needlelike foliage to 3.5 cm (1 in.) long. A robust specimen tree for the temperate garden in USDA Zones 5 to 9...
A very large conifer that can reach to 60 m tall with a narrowly conical crown of relatively long, pale bluish, needle-like leaves. Abies concolor is native to the southern Rocky Mountains between 2100 and 2700 m. It makes a beautiful, robust and very cold hardy ornamental and is widely planted in t..
A rugged, large conifer from the humid mountains of northern Myanmar, southeastern Tibet, and Yunnan in China between 3300 and 4300 m (11000 and 14000 ft.), suitable for temperate climates in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 7 to 9. Apart from a fine ornamental, its wood is popular for construction and fu..
A magnificent, large fir that can reach 40 m (130 ft.) tall, with a trunk to 1.5 m (5 ft.) in diameter. Mature trees display many, highly attractive, violet-black cones in the upper portion of the crown. It is native to the mountains of Sichuan, China, including the famous Emei Shan where it forms l..
A large, rugged tree to 50 m (170 ft.) tall, with a massive trunk to 2 m (7 ft.) in diameter. The long, spreading or ascending branches give it a very special character, somewhat reminding of a pine. Its wood is of good quality and mostly used for construction but the Momi Fir is also a very popular..
This pretty, small to medium-sized conifer rarely grows taller than 15 m. It forms a narrowly conical, densely branched crown with short, narrow but blunt leaves that are dark glossy green above and pale to bluish below. The attractive female cones are purplish. It is one of the more popular species..
A very large conifer native to the northwestern USA and southwestern Canada to 1600 m that can reach to over 75 m tall with a narrow, conical crown. In cultivation, Abies grandis is hardy to USDA Zone 6 and a popular forestry tree for temperate climates due to its fast growth.
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A large, magnificent conifer to 40 m tall that forms a broad crown with spreading branches. The glossy dark green, non-spiny leaves are short, needle-like and bluish below and densely set on the branchlets, the upright cones are dark purple. Abies homolepis is native to forests in central and southe..
A beautiful, small to medium-sized conifer that rarely reaches more than 10 m tall, native to southern Korea and Jeju-do between 1000 and 1900 m. The Korean Fir has smooth bark, a dense, pyramidal crown and dark green, needlelike leaves with white undersides. The compact, upright cones are an attrac..
A very large conifer to more than 50 m (165 ft.) tall, native to the Sierra Nevada from Oregon to California and Nevada between 1400 and 2700 m (4600 and 8900 ft.), with a pyramidal crown and bluish-green, needlelike leaves. Suited for temperate climates in USDA Zones 6 to 8. Seeds should be cold st..
A beautiful, large conifer that can reach about 30 m (100 ft) tall, native to western Turkey between about 700 and 1500 m (2300 and 5000 ft). It is considered endangered in habitat. The Trojan Fir has a pyramidal crown and dark green, needlelike leaves. Abies nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani makes a..
A beautiful, giant conifer with a narrow conical crown of dark green, needlelike leaves that can reach more than 50 m tall. It is native to forests from northern Turkey to western Caucasia (Abkhazia and Georgia) in the mountains around the eastern Black Sea between 900 and 2100 m. Abies nordmanniana..
A beautiful, large conifer to 60 m (200 ft.) tall with a trunk to 2.4 m (8 ft.) in diameter and short branches that form a narrow, conical crown. The thin, glossy green, needle-like leaves can grow to 6 cm long. It is native to the western Himalayas from Afghanistan to Nepal between 2000 and 3000 m ..
Abies pinsapo is a rare, medium-size conifer that grows only in southern Spain and northern Morocco, usually on dry mountain slopes and it is considered endangered due to degradation of habitat, deforestation and fires. It develops a broad, conical, symmetrical crown to to 25 m tall of spirally arra..
This rare, medium-size conifer grows only in southern Spain and northern Morocco, usually on dry mountain slopes and it is considered endangered due to degradation of habitat, deforestation and fires. It develops a broad, conical, symmetrical crown to to 25 m tall of spirally arranged branches, shor..
A medium-sized to large tree to 40 m tall with a conical crown and bright to bluish-green, needle-like foliage. It is native to Western China and Tibet, mainly between 2300 and 3600 m (7500 and 12000 ft.) or higher, where it enjoys a cold, humid climate. In cultivation is is suitable for USDA hardin..
A large conifer to over 30 m tall with a conical crown of green, needle-like foliage. Abies sibirica is widely distributed from European Russia to the Russian Far East and one of the worlds most cold hardy trees that will survive temperature down to -50°C...
A truly spectacular, very large conifer with a broadly conical crown to 60 m (200 ft.) tall, native to the cold, wet forests in the eastern Himalayas between northern Afghanistan and central Nepal from 2500 to 4000 m (8200 to 13100 ft.). It is best suited to temperate climates in USDA Zones 7 to 9...
An artificial first generation (F1) hybrid on a female Trachycarpus wagnerianus, hand-pollinated with pollen of the rare Trachycarpus ukhrulensis that has been flowering for the first time in Europe. ...
A beautiful, small, dry deciduous tree native to scrub and woodlands and coastal dune forest in southeastern South Africa that sports coppery-colored, papery, flaking bark and large, pinnate leaves. I...
An artificial first generation (F1) hybrid between the extremely fast growing Trachycarpus sp. 'Nova' and the fabulous Trachycarpus princeps. The resulting palms will be tall, very fast growing plants...