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<br />Dwarf mountain
<br />pine
<br />varieties of mugo pine. 'Carston's
<br />Gold' (inset/ has luminous foliage.
<br />16'.. ■ Dark -needled
<br />r-, 20' evergreen
<br />■ Bushy, spreading
<br />habit
<br />■ Medium texture
<br />■ Zones 2 to 8, except
<br />for the desert
<br />BInl"Alt as it :mall Cushion, it
<br />becomes a very bids hush. Native to
<br />the mountains of Europe from Spain
<br />to the Balkans.
<br />USE: Use it for textural ever.`reen
<br />interest in a foundation planting, as
<br />low masses, or in groupin_ . Plant it
<br />with Rhododendron cariadense and
<br />Arctostaphylos trt•a-ursi. Growth tate:
<br />slow.
<br />CULTURE: Plant in moist, deep
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<br />Shrubby
<br />St. Johnswort
<br />St. Johnswort is one of the easiest
<br />shrubs to grow. Above: 'Sunburst.
<br />Inset: H. x moseranum 'Tricolor.
<br />3' ■ Bluish green leaves
<br />■ Dense, rounded shrub
<br />� :K 4 ■ Bright yellow flowers
<br />■ )Tedium -fine texture
<br />■ Zones 4 to 9
<br />Compact, low -maintenance shrub
<br />flowers from mid-June through
<br />Awa,t. Native from New Jersey to
<br />Iowa and Gccn•;'ia.
<br />USE: This plants Murk, well in
<br />foundation pl nitin s, shrub borders
<br />in front of taller shrul-,, mixed
<br />borders, or in masses. ,Lunt it with
<br />Potcntillu fntticosa and Penniseuutl
<br />alopecttroideS. Growth rate: ,loll.
<br />CULTURE: Shrubby St. John,lyort
<br />docs be,t in till] sun ;old 16-111t, well.
<br />draitled still, but tolerate, poor, drl.
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<br />'MIDIFORMIS'
<br />Pic -SEE -a Al-hees iii-Eli-FOR-rnis
<br />Bird's-nest
<br />spruce
<br />Bird's-nest spruce fright) and dwarf
<br />Alberta spruce (left) are two of the
<br />most popular dwarf conifers.
<br />3' ■ Dwarf conifer
<br />i L"�za 6' ■ Often indented in the
<br />center like a bird's nest
<br />■ Finely textured,
<br />needled foliage
<br />■ Zones 2 to 5
<br />A versatile and popular dwarf
<br />spruce for the North. Native to
<br />northern and central Europe.
<br />USE: Combine it with Pinus nut o
<br />ssp. mttgo and Jluliperus hori;ontalis.
<br />Growth rate: slow.
<br />CULTURE: It prefers full sun to
<br />Ii ht shade in ]yell -drained, sandh:
<br />Moderately moist soil, but tolerate,
<br />other soilsas loo_ as they are nlokr
<br />It al,u prefers deep winrer cold ;trnl
<br />Cool ItIt11111eh. Avoid hot, .Irl'
<br />loans in full sun to part shade.
<br />To maintain a compact, deme fi,nn,
<br />prune annually by removing twti
<br />third: of each young. expanding,
<br />candle in the sprin.,. Be sure to grou
<br />truly dwarf cultivars if eou want a
<br />Plant less than 15 tall and wide.
<br />RECOMMENDED CULTIVARS
<br />AND RELATED SPECIES: Pinus
<br />11111gu ssp. 17111go is the cotlltlionh.
<br />sold variety; it can eventually reach
<br />Ili feet hi„ h and 20 feet ]vide.
<br />'Enci', 'Gnome'. and 'Mops' are
<br />reliably small cultivars. R str,tbtts
<br />'Nana (dwarf eastern white pine;
<br />.one: 3 to ti) and P. s-vlrestris
<br />'Beuvronensis' (dwart ~conch pine.
<br />:ones 2 to 8) area few of the man}
<br />dwarf cultivars of other pines.
<br />sterile :oil, air pollution. and partial
<br />shade. rnule inhe.iuentI%. in lore
<br />sprin,,, after new growth harden, off.
<br />RELATED SPECIES: H. x
<br />frondosum 'Sunburst' (,olden St.
<br />Johnswort; :one: 5 to 9) has
<br />handsome blue -recti foliage. It i;.t
<br />3- to 4 -trot -hi -h shrub with lar -,e
<br />bri�,ht yellow tlolyers. H. x ptuulurr.
<br />('"OUCIICtlp St. Johnswort; :ones i
<br />to 10) is it senlievergreen or
<br />evergreen shrub 3 feet hi! -,Ii and
<br />]vide. 'I-lidcote' i, an IS -inch ;hnd`
<br />in :ones i to 6. %vith large yellow
<br />tlolcer• from late lune to Septeii,.Nr.
<br />In :ones i to 9, it is les, liken- to
<br />kill back and reache, 3 to 4 feet.
<br />tlowerin.,; both on old and new
<br />growth. to+111 %I;t% to Lac R,I`cr.
<br />I larnled by urban pollution.
<br />RELATED SPECIES: There are
<br />numerous dwarf cultiyar, of
<br />different species of spruces that arc
<br />useful as •hruh-like nlasses. I'. ;,.thea
<br />Vkinica' (dwarf Alberta spruce;
<br />:ones 2 to 7) is stiffly and detrely
<br />conical. A ,low-,rolyitt}: dly orf
<br />conifer, it reaches 6 to S feet in
<br />50 years. Picea pun,en,
<br />'Mont,onlen' forms it broad cone
<br />only 6 feet hi;th after many bear,.
<br />With beautiful silvery blue folia e.
<br />Picot pun;cns 'Glauca Globo,a' Is it
<br />ruundcd dwarf with silvery h,lia,e,
<br />reaching only 3 to 4 feet atter nr.tm
<br />years.
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