What conifers are good to use in a small garden? Four Season Garden Maintenance are full registered members of The Gardeners Guild, which is a national trade network for professionally qualified gardeners.
They have produced the following list of slow growing and dwarf conifers which are safe to plant and create a low maintenance look with all year round with evergreen colour. Many great styles and shapes that are worth looking into.
Slow Growing and Dwarf Conifers
Abies
Abies balsamea - ‘Nana’ Abies koreana - ‘Compact dwarf’ Abies koreana - 'Nana' Abies koreana - 'Oberon' Abies koreana - 'Silberlocke' Abies nordmanniana - 'Golden Spreader'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Aurea Densa’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - 'Cream Glow' Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Ellwoodii’ Chamaectparis lawsoniana - ‘Ellwoods Gold’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Ellwoods Gold Pillar’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Ellwoods Pillar’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Ellwoods Treasure’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Gimbornii’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - 'Gnome' Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - 'Golden Pot' Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Green Globe’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Minima Aurea’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Minima Glauca’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Nana Albospica’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - 'Nymph' Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Pygmaea Argentea’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Silver Threads’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Snow White’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - ‘Springtime’
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Chamaecyparis obtusa - 'Aurea' Chamaecyparis obtusa - 'Confucius' Chamaecyparis obtusa - ‘Karamachiba’ Chamaecyparis obtusa - 'Kosteri' Chamaecyparis obtusa - ‘Nana Aurea’ Chamaecyparis obtusa - ‘Nana Gracillis’ Chamaecyparis obtusa - 'Nana Lutea' Chamaecyparis obtusa - ‘Templehof’ Chamaecyparis obtusa - 'Tonia'
Chamaecyparis pisifera
Chamaecyparis pisifera - ‘Boulevard’ Chamaecyparis pisifera - 'Curly Tops' Chamaecyparis pisifera - 'Devon Cream' Chamaecyparis pisifera - 'Honiton Lace' Chamaecyparis pisifera - ‘Nana’ Chamaecyparis pisifera - ‘Nana Aureovariegata’ Chamaecyparis pisifera - 'Plumosa Aurea Nana' Chamaecyparis pisifera - 'Compressa' Chamaecyparis pisifera -‘Plumosa Juniperoides’ Chamaecyparis pisifera - ‘Sungold’
Chamaecyparis thoides
Chamaecyparis thyoides - ‘Andelyensis’ Chamaecyparis thyoides - ‘Rubicon’ Chamaecyparis thyoides - 'Top Point'
Cryptomeria japonica
Cryptomeria japonica - 'Compressa' Cryptomeria japonica - ‘Golden Promise’ Cryptomeria japonica - ‘Vilmoriniana’
Juniperus chinensis
Juniperus chinensis - ‘Pyramidalis’
Juniperus communis
Juniperus communis - 'Brynhyfryd Gold' Juniperus communis- ‘Compressa’ Juniperus communis - ’Gold Cone’
Juniperus Squamata
Juniperus squamata - 'Blue Star'
Picea abies
Picea abies ‘Hystrix' Picea abies ‘Little Gem' Picea abies - ‘Nidiformis’ Picea abies - ‘Remontii’
Picea glauca
Picea glauca - 'Alberta Blue' Picea glauca - ‘Albertiana Conica’ Picea glauca ‘Albertiana Globe’ Picea glauca - 'JW Daisy's White' Picea glauca - 'Laurin' Picea glauca - 'Sanders Blue'
Picea mariana
Picea mariana - 'Nana'
Picea Pungens
Picea Pungens - 'Globosa'
Pinus densiflora
Pinus densiflora - 'Alice Verdake' Pinus densiflora - ‘Umbraculifera’
Pinus leucodermis
Pinus leucodermis - ‘Compact Gem’ Pinus leucodermis - 'Smidtii'
Pinus mugo
Pinus mugo - ‘Gnom’ Pinus mugo - 'Hibernica' Pinus mugo - 'Humpy' Pinus mugo - 'Lodge Hill' Pinus mugo - ‘Mops’ Pinus mugo - 'Ophir' Pinus mugo - 'Pumilo'
Pinus parviflora
Pinus parviflora - ‘Adcocks Dwarf’ Pinus parviflora - ‘Glauca’
Pinus sylvestrus
Pinus sylvestrus - ‘Fastigiata’
Podocarpus
Podocarpus - ‘Blaze’ Podocarpus - ‘County Park Fire’ Podocarpus - ‘Cover Girl’ Podocarpus - ‘Kilworth Cream’ Podocarpus - 'Otari' Podocarpus - 'Prince' Podocarpus - ‘Red Tip’
Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata - ‘Aureomarginata’ Taxus baccata - ‘Fastigiata Aurea’
Thuja occidentalis
Thuja occidentalis - 'Amber Glow' Thuja occidentalis - ‘Danica’ Thuja occientalis - ‘Hetz Midget’ Thuja occidentalis - ‘Rheingold’ Thuja occidentalis - 'Sunkist' Thuja occidentalis - ‘Teddy’ Thuja occidentalis - ‘Tiny Tim’ Thuja occidentalis - ' Trompenburg'
Thuja orientalis
Thuja orientalis - ‘Aurea Nana’ Thuja orientalis - ‘Autumn Glow’ Thuja orientalis - 'Minima’
Tsuga Canadensis
Tsuga canadensis - 'Fantana’ Tsuga canadensis - 'Jeddolah’