Gotta start somewhere!

I too rolled in here simply looking for recommendations for screening. Damn people here burnt up my wallet now.

Your last pic is a repeat and is Juniperus squamata 'blue star'.

The rest are correct but hard to say if the mugo pine is a cultivar of some kind and same goes for the Ginkgo.

The pungens is likely correct.

Now your next step is gold flushers, then varigated, then brooms....then you move onto favoring specifc species and habits.

Good luck!

Thanks Whaas, I edited the image.

I know, I was hoping somebody here would stop me sliding to a coniferholic, guess I come to the wrong place. :)

This is where it starts. Then you start looking for more and more suppliers. Then you start mainlining them while people on the forum offer you needles lol.

Damn people here burnt up my wallet now.

==>>> yeah ... yeah ..... the addict always blames the pusher.. never any personal responsibility ... lol ..

a lot of BBStore mugo are seedlings .... you never know what you will up up with.. until it swallows up the house or half the yard....

ken

Welcome aboard Greendale, Wait till you start dragging home conifers you dont even have room for!....You Know....a few spares!

Al

Yes, welcome, Greendale. If you keep bringing conifers and spares home, pretty soon you won't be able to see out of your house. ;-)
Mike

This is follow up on Ken's remark. Ken which mughos will swallow the yard? I have two large slopes that I need swallowed. I saw where you indicated Hoopsi is one of the faster growing piceas, What about the faster growing globose pines? Which ones eat a lot of real estate width wise. ?Thanks Kathy

Unless I am seeing something others are not, that last photo is indeed a dwarf Alberta spruce, not Blue Star juniper.

Mugo pines can vary so much in both height and width by specific cultivar, it is impossible to make generalizations. IME, the lower growing dwarf forms do not develop much of spread either, with the possible exception of the Pumillo Group. These seems to have an ability to spread maybe twice their height, which is typically somewhere in the 3-5' range. Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' can cover a lot of territory as well.

Could you make some rec from the pumillo group? Thank Kathy

cococo .. start your own post ..

the ones my dad bought around 1965 tagged as dwarf ... and mere 15 feet wide .. and 10 feet tall by 1990 ... i said... they are often seedlings.. there is no name

... in 1990 ... he was still wondering why they called them dwarf ... i said .. listen old man .. take a look at my life... i'm a lot like you were ... lol .. see link ...

i finally ripped them out.. since he had planted them 2 feet form the foundation.. have you heard my rant on foundation planting??? ..

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: link

I need help with a very long slope. I would like the evergreens to be wide rather than tall. The reason is the berm at the top of the slope is the main area the wildlife come to feed and don't want to block the view. I already have started with the usual suspects, the ground cover junipers but am particularly interested in shrubby shaped or globose pines. but am open to any suggestions . From ground level to top of slope 15 feet., length of slope over 500 ft. Have been filling with clearance mugho pines and junipers from BB store but am now ready to ratchet up to some good stuff. Thanks Kathy

sorry tried to start the above in new post and something went wrong.

loved that link!

Speaking of Neil a radio station I listen to starting randomly playing Cortez the Killer. I forgot how good he really is...I could listen to that song over and over.