Sam’s conifer reserve is a transition area between the fully developed gardens and the Restoration Area. It is being developed to showcase an extensive collection of dwarf conifers.

Botanical Name Common Name
Abies alba ‘Bystřička’ Dwarf European Silver Fir
Abies amabilis ‘Compacta’ Compact Pacific Silver Fir
Abies balsamea ‘Wolcott Pond’ Wolcott Pond Balsam Fir
Abies cephalonica ‘Anthoine’ Dwarf Greek Fir
Abies cephalonica ‘Meyer’s Dwarf’ Meyer’s Dwarf Greek Fir
Abies concolor ‘Aureospicata
Špaček’
Gold-Tipped White Fir
Abies concolor ‘Blue Saphir’ Blue Saphir White Fir
Abies concolor ‘Hoop-dee-doo’ Hoop-dee-doo White Fir
Abies concolor ‘King’s Gap’ King’s Gap White Fir
Abies concolor ‘Ostrov nad Ohří’ Ostrov White Fir
Abies concolor ‘Wintergold’ Wintergold White Fir
Abies delavayi ‘Major Neishe’ Major Neishe Delavay’s Fir
Abies fraseri ‘Old Glory’ Golden Fraser Fir
Abies fraseri ‘Rawles WB’ Dwarf Fraser Fir
Abies fraseri ‘Wingle’s Blue Bonnet’ Wingle’s Blue Bonnet Fraser Fir
Abies grandis ‘Mrs. Collier’s Pet Duck’ Mrs. Collier’s Pet Duck Grand Fir
Abies homolepis ‘F.R. Newman’ F.R. Newman Nikko Fir
Abies koreana ‘Blue Magic’ Blue Magic Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Gait’ Gait Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Gelbbunt’ Variegated Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Goldener Traum’ Golden Dream Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Grübele’ (‘Kristallkugel’) Grübele Korean Fir; Crystal Ball Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Oberon’ Oberon Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Silberperle’ Silver Pearl Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Tundra’ Tundra Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Vengels’ Vengels Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Wellenseind’ Wellenseind Korean Fir
Abies lasiocarpa ‘Cvikov’ Cvikov Subalpine Fir
Abies lasiocarpa ‘DuFlon’ Dwarf Subalpine Fir
Abies magnifica ‘Mt. Si’ Miniature Red Fir; Miniature Shasta Fir
Abies magnifica ‘Nana’ Dwarf Red Fir; Dwarf Shasta Fir
Abies nordmanniana ‘Jakobsen’ Jakobsen Nordmann Fir
Abies pinsapo ‘Tuarek’ Dwarf Spanish Fir
Abies procera ‘Rat Tail’ Rat Tail Noble Fir
Abies veitchii ‘Heddergott’ Dwarf Veitch Fir
Abies veitchii ‘Rumburk’ Dwarf Veitch Fir
Abies x borisii-regis ‘J. K. Greece’ Dwarf Bulgarian Fir
Abies x bornmuelleriana ‘Franke’ Dwarf Turkish Fir
Acer elegantulum Chinese Maple
Acer japonicum ‘Taki no gawa’ Taki no gawa Full Moon Maple
Acer palmatum ‘Ariadne’ Ariadne Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum ‘Hupp’s Dwarf’ Hupp’s Dwarf Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum ‘Ryu sei’ Weeping Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum ‘Twombly’s Red Sentinel’ Twombly’s Red Sentinel Japanese Maple
Arctostaphylos columbiana x hookeri Hairy Manzanita
Armeria maritima Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima ‘Alba’ White-flowered Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima ‘Dusseldorf’ Dusseldorf Sea Thrift
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans White Sagebrush
Asclepias speciosa Showy Milkweed
Asphodeline lutea Yellow King’s Spear
Berberis wilsoniae ‘Ace’ Mrs. Wilson’s Ace Barberry
Calluna vulgaris ‘Kinlochruel’ Kinlochruel Scots Heather
Calocedrus decurrens ‘Berrima Gold’ Berrima Gold California Incense Cedar
Cedrus atlantica ‘Sapphire Nymph’ Sapphire Nymph Atlas Cedar
Cedrus brevifolia ‘Kenwith’ Cyprian Cedar
Cedrus libani ‘Green Prince’ Green Prince Cedar of Lebanon
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Ellwoodii’ Ellwood’s Lawson’s False-Cypress
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Filip’s Golden
Tears’
Filip’s Golden Tears Lawson’s False-Cypress
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Rimpelaar’ Dwarf Lawson’s False-Cpress
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Butterball’ Butterball Hinoki False-Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Chirimen’ Chirimen Hinoki False-Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Hage’ Hage Hinoki False-Cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Golden Mops’ Golden Mops Sawara False-Cypress
Cistus monspeliensis Montpelier Rock Rose
Cistus x pulverulentus ‘Sunset’ Sunset Rockrose
Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ Blood-twig Dogwood
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Black Dragon’ Black Dragon Japanese Cedar
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Tansu’ Tansu Japenese Cedar
Cunninghamia konishii ‘Little Leo’ Little Leo Taiwan Fir
Cupressus duclouxiana Chinese Cypress
Cupressus nootkatensis ‘Hope’ Hope Alaskan Cedar
Cytisus multiflorus ‘Elegantissima’ Sterile White Broom
Elymus magellanicus Magellan’s Blue Wheat Grass
Erodium x variabile ‘Album’ White Cranesbill
Erodium x variabile ‘Bishop’s Form’ Bishop’s Form Pink Cranesbill
Eryngium alpinum ‘Blue Star’ Blue Star Alpine Sea Holly
Eryngium planum ‘Blue Hobbit’ Blue Hobbit Sea Holly
Euptelea pleiosperma Ling Chun Mu
Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke, Purple Avens
Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke, Purple Avens
Ginkgo biloba ‘Sari’ Sari Maidenhair Tree
Hebe x ‘McKean’ McKean Hybrid Hebe
Ilex x meserveae ‘Mondo’ Little Rascal Holly
Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Forest’ Blue Forest Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Pygmy’ Blue Pygmy Creeping Juniper
Lagerstroemia indica ‘Tuscarora’ Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia x ‘Sioux’ Sioux Crape Myrtle
Larix decidua ‘Krejčí’ Krejčí European Larch
Larix gmelinii ‘Romberg Park’ Dwarf Dahurian larch
Larix kaempferi ‘Paper Lanterns’ Paper Lanterns Japanese Larch
Larix kaempferi ‘Wolterdingen’ Wolterdingen Japanese Larch
Larix laricina ‘Newport Beauty #7’ Newport Beauty Tamarack (American Larch)
Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Clydesform’ Emerald Sentinel Sweetgum
Luma apiculata Chilean Myrtle
Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Miss Grace’ Miss Grace Dawn Redwood
Microbiota decussata Siberian Carpet Cypress
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Yaku Jima’ Yaku Jima Dwarf Maiden Grass
Muhlenbergia filipes Purple Muhly Grass
Myrica californica Pacific Wax Mytle
Myrtus communis ‘Alan Van’ Alan Van Common Myrtle
Olearia x mollis Daisy Bush
Parahebe catarractae ‘Miss Willmott’  
Picea abies ‘Atys’ Atys Norway Spruce
Picea abies ‘Clanbrassiliana’ Dwarf Norway Spruce
Picea abies ‘Gold Dust’ Gold Dust Norway Spruce
Picea abies ‘Klucenice’ Klucenice Norway Spruce
Picea abies ‘Little Gem’ Little Gem Norway Spruce
Picea abies ‘Medusa’ Medusa Norway Spruce
Picea abies ‘Spring Fire’ Spring Fire Norway Spruce
Picea abies ‘Stephanie’s Green Golf Ball’ Stephanie Green Golf Ball Norway Spruce
Picea abies ‘Tufty’ Tufty Dwarf Norway Spruce
Picea abies ‘Van Bemmel’s Dwarf’ Van Bemmel’s Dwarf Norway Spruce
Picea breweriana ‘Kohout’s Dwarf’ Kohout’s Dwarf Brewer Spruce
Picea engelmannii ‘Blue Magoo’ Blue Magoo Engelmann Spruce
Picea engelmannii ‘Cienega’ Cienega Engelmann Spruce
Picea engelmannii ‘Hoodie’ Hoodie Engelmann Spruce
Picea engelmannii ‘Jasper’ Dwarf Engelmann Spruce
Picea glauca ‘Blue Teardrop’ Blue Teardrop White Spruce
Picea glauca ‘Cecilia’ Cecilia White Spruce
Picea glauca ‘Goldilocks’ Goldilocks White Spruce
Picea glauca ‘Palecek’ Small Thumb White Spruce
Picea glauca ‘Pendula’ Weeping White Spruce
Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Pixie Dust’ Pixie Dust Alberta Spruce
Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Spring
Surprise’
Spring Surprise Alberta Spruce
Picea mariana ‘Beehive’ Beehive Black Spruce
Picea omorika ‘Buttermilk Falls’ Buttermilk Falls Serbian Spruce
Picea omorika ‘Kuschen’ Kuschel Serbian Spruce
Picea omorika ‘Pévé Tijn’ Golden Serbian Spruce
Picea omorika ‘Pimoko’ Dwarf Serbian Spruce
Picea omorika ‘Treblitzsch’ Dwarf Serbian Spruce
Picea orientalis ‘Ferny Creek Prostrate’ Ferny Creek Prostrate Oriental Spruce
Picea orientalis ‘Losely’ Losely Oriental Spruce
Picea orientalis ‘Mt. Vernon’ Mt. Vernon Oriental Spruce
Picea orientalis ‘Schovenhorst’ Miniature Oriental Spruce
Picea pungens ‘AS’ AS Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens ‘Blue Pearl’ Blue Pearl Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens ‘Filip’s Blue Compact’ Filip’s Blue Compact Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens ‘Kubiczek’ Variegated Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens ‘R.H. Montgomery’ R.H. Montgomery Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens ‘Ruby Teardrops’ Ruby Teardrops Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens ‘Straw’ Straw Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens ‘Yvette’ Yvette Colorado Spruce
Picea rubens ‘Pocono’ Pocono Red Spruce
Picea sitchensis ‘Papoose’ Dwarf Sitka Spruce
Picea smithiana ‘Ballarat’ Dwarf Western Himalayan Spruce
Picea smithiana ‘Sunray’ Sunray Golden Western Himalayan Spruce
Pinus banksiana ‘Chippewa’ Chippewa Dwarf Jack Pine
Pinus banksiana ‘Gathe’s Global Legacy’ Gathe’s Global Legacy Jack Pine
Pinus cembra ‘Aurea’ Golden Swiss Stone Pine
Pinus cembra ‘Stricta’ Upright Swiss Stone Pine
Pinus contorta var. latifolia ‘Rand’ Dwarf Lodgepole Pine
Pinus contorta var. latifolia ‘Taylor’s
Sunburst’
Taylor’s Sunburst Lodgepole Pine
Pinus flexilis ‘2 Mile High’ 2 Mile High Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis ‘Wee Rogue’ Wee Rogue Limber Pine
Pinus heldreichii ‘Shamrock Shorty’ Shamrock Shorty Bosnian Pine
Pinus jeffreyi ‘Joppi’ Dwarf Jeffrey Pine
Pinus koraiensis ‘Blue Ball’ Blue Ball Korean Pine
Pinus koraiensis ‘China Baby’ China Baby Korean Pine
Pinus koraiensis ‘Inner Piece’ Inner Piece Korean Pine
Pinus longaeva ‘Sherwood Compact’ Compact Intermountain (Great Basin) Bristlecone Pine
Pinus monticola ‘Halloween Broom’ Halloween Broom Western White Pine
Pinus mugo ‘Beran’ Beran Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo ‘Fastigiata’ Upright Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’ Ophir Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo ‘Yellow Point’ Yellow Point Mugo Pine
Pinus nigra ‘Chemeketa’ Chemeketa Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra ‘Marquise’ Marquise Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra ‘Oriesok’ Little Nut Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra ‘Salem Gold’ Salem Gold Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra x densiflora ‘Pipouniou’ Dwarf Hybrid Pine
Pinus parviflora ‘Aoi’ Upright Japanese White Pine
Pinus parviflora ‘Blue Dreamer’ Blue Dreamer Japanese White Pine
Pinus parviflora ‘Catherine Elizabeth’ Catherine Elizabeth Japanese White Pine
Pinus parviflora ‘Fukuzumi’ Fukuzumi Japanese White Pine
Pinus parviflora ‘Kinpo’ Kinpo Japanese White Pine
Pinus parviflora ‘Miyajima’ Miyajima Japanese White Pine
Pinus parviflora ‘Regenhold’ Dwarf Japanese White Pine
Pinus parviflora ‘Tenysu-kazu’
(‘Goldilocks’)
Goldilocks Japanese White Pine
Pinus peuce ‘Arnold Dwarf’ Arnold Dwarf Macedonian (Balkan) Pine
Pinus pinaster ‘Wrecking Ball’ Wrecking Ball Maritime Pine
Pinus pinea ‘Montreaux’ Dwarf Italian Stone Pine
Pinus resinosa ‘Bog Baby’ Bog Baby American Red Pine
Pinus resinosa ‘Don Smith’ Don Smith American Red Pine
Pinus resinosa ‘Quinobequin’ Dwarf American Red Pine
Pinus strobiformis ‘Loma Linda’ Loma Linda Dwarf Southwestern White Pine
Pinus strobus ‘Mini Twists’ Mini Twists Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus ‘Niagara Falls’ Niagara Falls Eastern White Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Aurea’ Golden Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Bennett Compact’ Bennett Compact Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Cerik’ Cerik Scotch Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Gold Coin’ Gold Coin Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Green Flare’ Green Flare Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Jeremy’ Jeremy Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Kelpie’ Kelpie Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Little Ann’ Little Ann Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Pixie’ Pixie Dwarf Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Platypus’ Platypus Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris ‘Spaan’s Slow Column’ Spaan’s Slow Column Scots Pine
Pinus thunbergii ‘Aocha’ Variegated Japanese Black Pine
Pinus thunbergii ‘Kotobuki’ Dwarf Japanese Black Pine
Pinus thunbergii ‘Ogi’ Fan Japanese Black Pine
Pinus uncinata ‘Georgenfeld’ Dwarf Mountain Pine
Pinus uncinata ‘Jezek’ Dwarf Mountain Pine
Pinus virginiana ‘Sunset’ Golden Virginia Pine
Pinus wallichiana ‘Nana’ Dwarf Himalayan Pine
Pinus x schwerinii ‘Wiethorst’ Wiethorst Hybrid Pine
Pistacia chinensis Chinese Pistache; Chinese Pistachio
Polygonum affine Fleece Flower
Pseudotsuga menziesii ‘Albers Elegant
Weeping’
Albers Elegant Weeping Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii ‘Green Orca’ Green Orca Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii ‘Happy Camper’ Happy Camper Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii ‘Loggerhead’ Loggerhead Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii ‘Mt. Angel Blue’ Mt. Angel Blue Douglas Fir
Rhamnus frangula ‘Ron Williams’ Fine Line Glossy Buckthorn
Ribes sanguineum Pink-flowering Currant
Sciadopitys verticillata ‘Picola’ Picola Japanese Umbrella Pine
Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Blauer
Eichzwerg’
Blue Dwarf Giant Sequoia
Taxus baccata ‘Green Diamond’ Green Diamond English Yew
Taxus baccata ‘Silver Spire’ Silver Spire English Yew
Taxus baccata ‘Standishii’ Upright Golden English Yew
Taxus cuspidata ‘Amersfoort’ Amersfoort Japanese Yew
Thuja occidentalis ‘Joe’s Pillar’ Joe’s Pillar Eastern Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis ‘Sherwood Frost’ Sherwood Frost Eastern Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis ‘Westerfield’ Westerfield Eastern Arborvitae
Thuja orientalis ‘Franky Boy’ Franky Boy Oriental Arborvitae
Thujopsis dolabrata ‘Nana’ Dwarf Japanese Elkhorn Cypress
Thymus pseudolanuginosus Woolly Thyme
Thymus serpyllum ‘Alba’ White Thyme
Thymus serpyllum ‘Elfin’ Elfin Creeping Thyme
Tsuga canadensis ‘Essex’ Essex Canadian (Eastern) Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis ‘Hornbeck’ Hornbeck Canadian (Eastern) Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis ‘Jervis’ Dwarf Canadian (Eastern) Hemlock
Tsuga diversifolia ‘Gracilis’ Dwarf Northern Japanese Hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana ‘Bump’s Blue’ Bump’s Blue Mountain Hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana ‘Elizabeth’ Elizabeth Mountain hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana ‘Sherwood Dwarf’ Sherwood Dwarf Mountain Hemlock
Verbena bonariensis ‘Lollipop’ Lollipop Verbena
Veronica repens ‘Sunshine’ Golden Creeping Speedwell
Veronica x ‘Tidal Pool’ Tidal Pool Speedwell
Viburnum japonicum Japanese Viburnum
Viburnum tinus ‘Robustum’ Round-leaf Laurustinus
Last updated: May 1, 2020 at 2:35 am

 

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