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Future Forests. Conifers: Bare-root and in small pots. Mail-order available. Updated 14th October 2017. |  |
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Bare-root Conifers are only for
sale when dormant, from late October to April. We expect to offer the following Conifers during the 2017-18 planting season To pre-order ring us on 027 66176 or email info@futureforests.ie |
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| For our full range of conifers in containers year round planting, see Potted Conifers | PRICE | in | Euro | ||||||
| Ht & Spread after 10 years | SPECIES and VARIETY | DESCRIPTION |
Form |
Height | 1-9 plants | 10-49 plants | 50-99 plants | 100+ plants | |
| CEDAR (CEDRUS) | |||||||||
| Pic | 14'x7' | Atlas Cedar C. atlantica | Large tree, good on dry ground | 9cm pot | 1' | 6.00 | |||
| Pic | 10'x6' | Cedrus atlantica glauca | Very blue needles, ornamental | 9cm pot | 2' | 12.00 | |||
| Pic | 14'x8' | Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara) | Bluish foliage, drooping needles | 9cm pot | 1' | 6.00 | |||
| Pic | 20’x10’ | Japanese Cedar | Stately and reliable | sorry, not available this season | |||||
| (CRYPTOMERIA japonica) | |||||||||
| Pic | 22'x15' | Western Red Cedar | Good tough windbreak | 9cm pot | 1' | 3.00 | 2.80 | ||
| Pic | (THUJA plicata 'Atrovirens') | Dense green aromatic foliage | |||||||
| Thuja plicata 'Guelderland' | Similar and excellent for hedging | 9cm pot | 1' | 3.00 | 2.80 | 2.70 | 2.50 | ||
| Pic | 15'x7' | White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) | Dense foliage, wind hardy | hope | to | have | later | ||
| Pic | syn. 'arbore vitae ~ tree of life' | ||||||||
| CYPRESS | |||||||||
| Pic | 20'x12' | Lawson Cypress(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) | Due to concerns of disease affecting Lawson Cypress trees, we have decided not to offer it this season and recommend Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) as a superior alternative | ||||||
| Pic | 25'x12' | Monterey Cypress | Very fast, sea hardy | 9cm pot | 1-2' | 4.00 | 3.80 | 3.50 | |
| (CUPRESSUS. macrocarpa) | good windbreak | 2lt | 2-3' | 8.00 | 7.00 | ||||
| Pic | 25'x10' | DOUGLAS FIR | Fast, good timber tree, needs shelter | bareroot | 1-2' | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 1.50 |
| Pic | (PSEUDOTSUGA menziesii) | bareroot | 2'+ | 4.00 | 3.50 | ||||
| NAME (VARIETY) | DESCRIPTION | Form | Height | 1-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | ||
| FIR (ABIES) | |||||||||
| Pic | 15'x10' | Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) | Mountain fir from USA | bareroot | 1-2' | 3.00 | 2.80 | 2.50 | |
| Pic | 25'x10' | Grand Fir (Abies grandis) | Fast, fragrant foliage | bareroot | 1-2' | 3.00 | 2.80 | 2.50 | |
| 8'x6' | Korean Fir (Abies koreana) | Lovely purple cones from a young age | bareroot | 1' | 3.00 | 2.80 | 2.50 | ||
| Pic | 15'x10' | Noble Fir (Abies nobilis) (procera) | Non shedding attractive Christmas tree | bareroot | 1'+ | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.20 | 2.00 |
| Pic | 10'x8' | Nordman Fir (Abies nordmanniana) | The continental Christmas tree | bareroot | 1'+ | 3.00 | 2.80 | 2.50 | |
| Pic | 8'x4' | GINKGO (GINKGO biloba) | Ancient origins, fan shaped leaves | 1lt pot | 1-2' | 8.00 | |||
| Pic | Pic | Maidenhair Tree | turn clear yellow in autumn | ||||||
| Ginkgo biloba 'Blagon' | Upright form | 1lt pot | 2'+ | 12.00 | |||||
| Pic | 20'x10' | HEMLOCK | Attractive shape, shade tolerant | bareroot | 1-2' | 3.00 | 2.80 | ||
| (TSUGA heterophylla) | |||||||||
| JUNIPERS | |||||||||
| 5'x3' | Juniper communis Common Juniper |
Strong prickly bush, berries for gin ! | hope | to | have | later | |||
| Pic | 4"x3' | Juniper communis 'Green Carpet' | Flat, dark green foliage | 9cm pot | 1yr | 4.00 | |||
| Pic | 2'x2' | Juniper x media 'Gold Coast' | Bushy, golden foliage | 9cm pot | 1yr | 4.00 | |||
| Pic | 4"x3' | Juniper squa. 'Blue Carpet' | Blue foliage, low and spreading | 9cm pot | 1yr | 4.00 | |||
| 3'x3' | Juniper squa. 'Holger' | New shoots tipped creamy yellow | 9cm pot | 1yr | 4.00 | ||||
| NAME (VARIETY) | DESCRIPTION | Form | Height | 1-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | ||
| LARCH (LARIX) | All Larches lose their foliage in winter | ||||||||
| Pic | 25'x10' | European Larch (L. decidua) | The best for timber, needs good ground | bareroot | 1-2' | 2.00 | 1.80 | 1.50 | 1.00 |
| Pic | bareroot | 2-3' | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 1.80 | |||
| Pic | 35'x12' | Hybrid Larch (L. x marschlinsii)) | Like Japanese larch, neater, | bareroot | 1-2' | 2.50 | 2.00 | 1.80 | 1.20 |
| better timber grows most places | bareroot | 2-3' | 3.00 | 2.80 | 2.50 | 2.00 | |||
| Pic | 15'x6' | METASEQUOIA glybostroides | Large deciduous conifer, | 9cm pot | 2-3' | 8.00 | 7.00 | ||
| Pic | The Dawn Redwood | great autumn colour | |||||||
| Pic | 5'x3' | MONKEY PUZZLE | Araucaria auracana Specimen tree | please | see | potted | conifers | ||
| PINE (PINUS) | |||||||||
| Pic | 20’x12 | Austrian Pine | Good shelter in exposed places | bareroot | 1' | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.20 | 2.00 |
| P.nigra austraica = P. nigra nigra | 1lt pot | 1'+ | 6.00 | ||||||
| Pic | 20'x10' | Corsican Pine (P.nigra maritima/laricio) | Good by the sea | hope | to | have | later | ||
| Pic | 25’x10 | Lodgepole Pine (P.contorta) | Will grow anywhere, fast | bareroot | 6ins | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.65 | 0.55 |
| Pic | an alternative Xmas tree when young | bareroot | 1' | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.20 | 0.90 | ||
| Pic | 10’x8’ | Mountain Pine (P.mugo mughus) | Neat and tough | 9cm pot | 6" | 4.00 | |||
| Pic | 3’x5’ | Dwarf Mountain Pine P.mugo pumillio |
For rockeries, Japanese style gardens, tubs | please | see | potted | conifers | ||
| Pic | 30’x15’ | Monterey Pine (P.radiata) | Very fast, good in windbreaks | 1lt pot | 1'+ | 4.00 | 3.80 | 3.50 | |
| Pic | 20’x10 | Scots Pine (P.sylvestris) | Native, beautiful with reddish bark, hardy | bareroot | 1-2' | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.20 | 0.90 |
| Pic | Pic | bareroot | 2-3' | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.20 | 1.80 | ||
| Pic | 8’x8’ | Stone Pine (P.pinea) | Umbrella shaped, edible nuts | 1lt pot | 1' | 6.00 | |||
| Pic | 20’x10’ | Weymouth Pine (P.strobus) | Fine bluish needles good by sea | bareroot | 1-2' | 4.00 | 3.00 | ||
| Pic | needs well drained ground | ||||||||
| NAME (VARIETY) | DESCRIPTION | Form | Height | 1-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | ||
| PODOCARPUS | Please see Potted Conifers for our range of Podocarpus and other specialist conifers including 'true dwarfs' | ||||||||
| Pic | 25’x15’ | SEQUOIA sempervirens | The Coast Redwood | 3lt pot | 2'+ | 12.00 | |||
| Pic | 20'x8 | SEQUOIADENDRON giganticum | The Giant Redwood | 5lt pot | 2'+ | 30.00 | |||
| SPRUCE (PICEA) | |||||||||
| Pic | 18’x8’ | Norway Spruce (Picea abies) | Traditional Xmas tree | bareroot | 1-2' | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 0.80 |
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| Pic | 15’x7’ | Serbian Spruce (Picea omorika) | Narrow, ornamental, silvery needles | bareroot | 1-2' | 4.00 | 3.00 | ||
| Pic | 25’x12’ | Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) | Fast growing forestry tree | bareroot | 1-2’ | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 0.80 |
| bareroot | 2-3' | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.20 | 1.80 | ||||
| 8'x6' | Picea pungens 'Hoopsii' | Beautiful blue spruce | 9cm pot | 1' | 12.00 | ||||
| Pic | 15’x6’ | TAXODIUM (Swamp Cypress) | Deciduous, good for wet ground | 9cm pot | 2' | 8.00 | 7.00 | ||
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| THUYA see CEDAR | TSUGA see HEMLOCK | ||||||||
| Pic | 10’x10’ | YEW (TAXUS baccata) | Native evergreen, long lived | bareroot | 1-2' | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 2.80 |
| Pic | but poisonous to livestock | ||||||||
| Pic | 3'x1' | Taxus bac. 'Fastigiata Aurea' | Golden upright Yew | 9cm pot | 1' | 6.00 | |||
| Pic | 3'x1' | Taxus bac. 'Fastigiata Robusta' | Dense green, upright form | 9cm pot | 1' | 6.00 | |||
| For our full range of conifers in containers, please see Potted Conifers for year round planting | |||||||||