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List provided by Alan Branhagen, Director of Horticulture, Powell Gardens, for the club's 2014 Winter Garden Forum
EVERGREEN TREES
Concolor Fir Abies concolor & bluer cultivar ‘Candicans’
Norway Spruce Picea abies
Blue Spruce Picea pungens bluer cultivars and selections
Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca ‘Densata’
Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
Upright: ‘Fastigiata’ & Weeping: ‘Pendula’
Golden Ghost Variegated Pine Pinus densiflora ‘Golden Ghost’
Golden Winter Pines : ‘Chief Joseph’ (P. contorta) which has not survived long term
& hardier ‘Watt’s Golden’ (P. virginiana)
Lacebark Pine Pinus bungeana
Tanyosho Pine Pinus densiflora ‘Umbraculifera’
Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana female vs male
Blue-needled ‘Glauca’ and uniquely shaped ‘Cannaertii’
Alaska-cedar Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’
Variegated ‘Sparkling Arrow’ & narrow ‘Strict Weeping’
Western Redcedar or Arborvitae Thuja plicata
Hybrid cultivar ‘Green Giant’ is becoming popular
Eastern “Canadian” Hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora hardier cultivars for mid-to southern Missouri:
‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ ‘Edith Bogue’ ‘Victoria’ ’24 Below’ ‘Poconos’
‘DD Blanchard’ not well known and proven hardy at Powell Gardens
American Holly Ilex opaca hardy or local selections, ‘Winter Sun’ with golden fruit
EVERGREEN SHRUBS
Dwarf conifers – there are many, many available!
Spruces: Dwarf Alberta Spruce Picea glauca ‘Albertiana’
Blue Spruce Picea pungens “Blue Pagoda” ‘Montgomery’, ‘St. Mary’s Broom’
Oriental Spruce Picea orientalis ‘Shadow’s Broom’
Pines: Dwarf Bosnian Pine Pinus leucodermis ‘Green Bun’
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris ‘Nana’
Mugo Pine P. mugo ‘Sherwood Compact’
Junipers: Shore Juniper Juniperus conferta ‘Silver Mist’ and ‘All Gold’
Creeping Juniperus horizontalis ‘Mother Lode’ and purple ‘Andorra’
Chinese Juniperus chinensis ‘Shimpaku’
Sawara Falsecypress Chamaecyparis pisifera 3 types! Filifera, Plumosa & Squarrosa.
Threadleaf ‘Filifera’ types like ‘Gold Thread’
Plumosa type ‘Mikko’ (snow) and ‘Harvard Gold’ and mini ‘White Pygmy’
Squarrosa type mini ‘Fairy Puff’ to huge ‘Boulevard’
Yews Taxus, T. baccata ‘Amersfoort’ very unique from the typical sheared types
Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis ‘Hetz Midget’ is a winner!
Plum-Yews Cephalotaxus harringtoniana resist deer, ‘Fritz Huber’ a low spreader
Hybrid Boxwoods Buxus ‘Green Mound’ vs ‘Green Mountain’ hardier than most Common Box Buxus sempervirens
Blue Hollies Ilex x meservae ‘Blue Princess’ ‘Blue Maid’ like cooler shadier conditions
need a pollinator like ‘Blue Prince’ or ‘Blue Stallion’
China Hollies Ilex ‘China Girl’ and ‘China Boy’ take heat and sun better
Inkberry Holly Ilex glabra (male pollinators never available!)
Japanese Holly Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’ and columnar ‘Sky Pencil’
Japanese Mahonia Mahonia japonica (‘Bealii’) hardy to -5F, blooms in winter
Oregon Grape-holly Mahonia aquifolium
Nandina domestica fruitless, colorful leaved types: ‘Blush Pink’ ‘Flirt’ ‘Sunray’
Rhododendrons (Elepidote – big leaf types) Rhododendron catawbiense hybrids
Must have winter shade.
Rhododendrons (Lepidote – small leaf types) Rhododendron hybrids
(PJM most common type) tolerant of winter sun
Adamsneedle Yucca Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ & ‘Bright Edge’
Missouri native Yucca glauca and Y. arkansana
EVERGREEN GROUNDCOVERS & PERENNIALS
English Ivy Hedera helix (becoming invasive)
Likewise do not plant Euonymus fortunei, Vinca minor and Liriope spp.
Lenten Roses Helleborus x hybridus / orientalis
Lily-of-China Rohdea japonica
Low Sedums Sedum spp. ‘Angelina’ ‘Blue Spruce’ ‘Voodoo’
S. hispanicum & S. album
Thymes Thymus praecox ‘Coccineus’, T. x citriodorus ‘Aureus’ & ‘Latavin Lucy’
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