Evening star., 1953-08-30
Everqreen Varieties *s@s
There Are Usual Varieties Of Eyergreens
That Will Add Interest to the Garden Border
By w. n. Youncmon
Gorden Edjfor,

wood, as it is more commonly
known In the West. There are
two forms. the giant Sequoia
and the Redwood. Both will
grow in this area, but the giant
SeQuoia is more likely to suffer
winter injury in severe winters.
We might add the Plum Yew.
q moderate sized spreading
evergreen, closely resembling
the Japanese yew. The plum
yew is distinctive in that it pro-
duceS plum-sized fruits Of green
which turn TO grayish purple.
Formerly this shrub was widely
used, but the japanese yew has
largely taken its place.
Turning now to the more COM
monty grown evergreens. it is
desirable to point out some Of
the types and varieties that are
both interesting and less fire.
quently found in local gardens.
We can only mention a few. The
dwarf Alberta spruce is in size
better adapted to the small
yard. Another dwarf is the
Maxwell spruce, which resembles
a large fiat hassock.
Besides the Mugho pine, there
are one or two others that add
variety. The Waterer pine. a
dwarf form of the Scotch pine,
has steel blue foliage and un-
doubtedly would be useful in
certain situations. Propagation
Of these last varieties Of pines
Is so slow that they are usually
found only in collections at ar
boretumS.
The false cypress (chamaecy-
paris) is q commonly planted
evergreen in the Washington
area but the species usually
planted are the tall growing va
rieties Of c. pisifera plumoSa and
C. squarrosa. Seldom do we see
the delightful dwarf Hinoki in
local gardens. The fernspray
Hinoki is another dwarf with
unusual foliage.
The Juniper family probably
has more varieties and forms
than any other Of the commonly
grown evergreens. We see the
Pfitzer juniper, the Irish and
the Spiny Greek in many gar
dens, as well as scraggly speci-
mems Of the Virginia cedar q.
virginiana). There are scores
of them to chose from. There
are dwarf forms, such as the
Andorra, Bar Harbor, Sargent.
Tamarix savin, Waukegan, and
the Japanese juniper. Interme-
diate forms include, besides the
Pfitzer, the Roster Red cedar,
and the native New Englander.
usually called common juni-
per-" Improved upright grow
ing varieties of the Red cedar
include Canaert, Silver. and
Hill spire. There is a column
Chinese juniper as well as a
species which resembles the Vir-
ginia Red cedar, but lighter
green in color, the Keteleer jun
iper. It has q broad pyramid
form in contrast with the mar
row growing native.
The Arborvitae family also Is
well supplied with interesting
varieties, varieties that differ
materially from the commonly
planted pyramidal and globe
forms Of the T. occidentalis.
Parsons Compact is an interest
ing globe type, while the Sibe-
rian or Ware is a moderately
low-growing attractive form of
the pyramidal. Little Gem and
Tom Thumb are rock garden
items.
Many other specimens and
types as well as varieties could
be mentioned, but unfortunately
most Of them are not stocked by
local nurseries. This Is especially
true of the dwarfS that take
many years to raise to market
able size. However, sooner or
later you will find them grow
ing in q Washington garden.