Common Name: Cow's Tail Pine
Growth Habit: low
USDA Zone: 6-9
Exposure: filtered-full sun
Growing Conditions: moist, well-drained soil
Comments: A conifer that performs well in filtered sun and even shadier areas. Good heat tolerance but in hot summer areas prefers some afternoon shade. Typically a symmetrical grower that doesn't get too high

Growth Habit: dense, rounded
USDA Zone: 5-8
Exposure: full sun
Growing Conditions: well drained soils
Comments: A sport from an old standby...'Vilmoriniana' with yellow tips. Develops into a dense, rounded ball reaching about two x two feet in 10 years (2-3 inches a year). In colder winters may develop a bronze purple color

Growth Habit: 4-5 foot shrub
USDA Zone: 4-9
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: moist, well-drained soils
Comments: A superior selection sporting large red buds opening dark pink. Great foliage.

Growth Habit: miniature form of creeping juniper
USDA Zone: 3-8
Exposure: full sun
Growing Conditions: well-drained soils
Comments: Blue-gray foliage forms a flat round bun. Very slow growing. Great selection for troughs and rock gardens.

Growth Habit: 20 foot upright
USDA Zone: 5-9
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: moist, well-drained soils
Comments: The principal color is a brick-red, although this can vary depending on the light intensity and the age of the leaf. The margins have narrow green shading and dark-red veins. The seven-lobed, deeply separated leaves radiate outward and have serrated edges. Truly a unique combination. Photo taken in late October.

Growth Habit: upright form
USDA Zone: 7-9
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: moist, well-drained soils
Comments: 2-2.5 inch flower in spring are strong purple-pink with white centers. Some flowers will be a solid color. Single to semi-double with wavy lobes. Used for bonsai.

NOTE: Smaller sizes available again spring 2023

Growth Habit: 18 inches x 2 feet in 10 years
USDA Zone: 6B-9
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: ('Helen Close' x 'Purple Splendor')
Hybrid Group: Greenwood
Comments: 2.25 inch, hose-in-hose flowers appear May into June and are deep purple-pink with a white throat.

Growth Habit: low mounding form

USDA Zone: 7-9
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: unknown
Hybrid Group: thought to be Satsuki
Comments: medium-sized purple flowers with pointed tips and narrow petals. Some petals may be ribbon-like. Small, narrow green leaves are twisted similar to A. 'Rinpu'. Sometimes sold for bonsai work.

NOTE: Smaller sizes available spring 2023

Growth Habit: low mounding
USDA Zone: 6-9
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: ('El Capitan' x 'Aladdin')
Hybrid Group: Girard
Comments: 3 inch flowers with wavy lobes are dark red-orange with dark red spotting. Foliage mid-green throughout the growing season turns a brilliant orange-red in the fall. Stunning year round.

Growth Habit: dwarf (3 x 3 feet)
USDA Zone: 7a
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: (degronianum ssp. degronianum Exbury form x macabeanum)
Color Category: green
Bloom Time: March
Comments: Cotton candy pink buds open pale green with a burgundy flare and spotting above the flair on the top 3 lobes. Uniquely different flower. Semi-glossy leaves have orange-yellow indumentum.

Growth Habit: large (6 feet high x 4 feet wide)
USDA Zone: 7b
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Color Category: blue
Bloom Time: April
Comments: An excellent form from Oregon State University that is exceptionally full and tidy with lovely lavender blue flowers.

Growth Habit: low, mounding
USDA Zone: 8
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: (unknown)
Hybrid Group: Kurume
Comments: Still one of the darkest reds available. Small flowers cover the dark green, glossy foliage each spring. Best when planted in milder winter areas.

Growth Habit: vigorous, wider than high
USDA Zone: 7
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: (sport of 'Shinnyo no Tsuki')
Hybrid Group: Satsuki
Comments: Wide, rounded lobes are pale pink with many variations of speckles, flakes and selfs of dark pink to red, some with white centers. A blizzard of color.

Growth Habit: miniature low mound 
USDA Zone: 7
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: (['Maxwellii' x 'Snow'] x ['kaempferi x Snow'])
Hybrid Group: Beltsville
Comments: Tiny leaves are covered each spring with 1.5-inch, light purple, hose-in-hose flowers. Grows 1 1/2 to 2 inches a year. A race of true genetic dwarfs, selected by Robert L. Pryor, from trials of the Yerkes-Pryor hybrids. Superb selection for the miniature garden

Growth Habit: narrow upright
USDA Zone: 5
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained soils
Comments: A slow growing dark green Hanoki with stiff, upright branching. Grows 3-6 inches a year.

Growth Habit: dwarf (3 x 3 feet)
USDA Zone: 6b
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Color Category: red
Bloom Time: May
Comments: Though the official color is wine-red there certainly is shades of purple in it too. Small, funnel-shaped, hose-in-hose flowers cover this plant each spring and seem to become more abundant year after year. Equally small leaves turn a rich mahogany color in winter. 

Growth Habit: dwarf (3 x 3 feet)
USDA Zone: 7a
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: (‘Noyo Chief' x yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada')
Hybridizer: C. Smith (1963)
Color Category: pink
Bloom Time: April
Comments: Flowers open bright pink, with ruffled margins and lighter pink towards the throat ending with a small red blotch. A backdrop of glossy, dark green leaves forms a perfect backdrop.

Growth Habit: dense, low

USDA Zone: 6b
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: 'Osakazuki' sport
Hybrid Group: R. indicum
Comments: Peachy pink, single and semi-double flowers occur late in the season on a backdrop of dark green, small pointed leaves. Introduced by Crow Haven farms in Oregon.

Growth Habit: low mounding, very compact
USDA Zone: 6b
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: (unknown)
Hybrid Group: Satsuki
Comments: 2.5 to 3-inch flowers are a vivid pink with densely dotted red on the upper lobe. Occasionally darker pink and even red flowers appear. Blooms mid-May into June. An old cultivar from Japan.

Growth Habit: dwarf mounding
USDA Zone: 4-8
Exposure: full sun
Growing Conditions: well drained soils
Comments: At a growth rate of 2-3 inches a year considered to be one of the slowest growing forms of Austrian pine. Holds onto its dark green needles for 2-3 years. Also sold under the name 'Bambino'.

Growth Habit: large (5 x 5 feet)
USDA Zone: 6b
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: ('augustinii 'Towercourt' x 'Blue Diamond')
Hybridizer: Blaney (introduced by Ticknor 1974)
Primary Color: blue
Bloom Time: early mid-season
Comments: Masses of single, electric blue flowers cover this plant each spring. Narrow, pointed leaves are green during the growing season and take on a bronzy overlay in the winter. Grown in a container as a patio tree needs more protection from cold and winter winds.

Growth Habit: dwarf form growing 3-6 inches a year
USDA Zone: 5-8
Exposure: full sun
Growing Conditions: moist, well-drained soils
Comments: A slow growing dwarf with tightly-cupped dark green foliage. Develops into narrow, irregular upright and is considered mature at 5-6 feet with a 24 inch spread. A great addition to any garden and a focal point also.

Growth Habit: dwarf (2 x 2 feet)
USDA Zone: 6b
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: (['Fabia' x bureavii] x ['King of Shrubs' x smirnowii])
Hybridizer: Lofthouse
Color Catagory: pink
Bloom Time: April
Comments: Wide, funnel-shaped flowers with wavy edging are dark pink with lower lobes having a light-yellow overlay. The throat is red with spotting on the dorsal lobe. Trusses lay on the plant in a low profile. Leaves are olive green and have a brownish-orange indumentum.