Thuja occ. 'Hetz Wintergreen'
Picea omorika (3) would look nice.
Abies balsamea

Dax

Good suggestions:

I was considering:

Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Wintergreen'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
Juniperus virginiana 'Elegantissima'

I like the suggestion of
Picea omorika

Any more would be greatly appreciated. I am going to the nursery Wednesday morning.

Cheers,

Carl

I'm on-board with Nootka 'Pendula'.

Juniperus virginiana:
'Canaertii'
'Taylor'
'Robusta Green'

Picea abies 'Conica'

Picea pungens 'Foxtail' a favorite of mine. (Iseli Foxtail)
Picea pungens 'Royal Knight'
Picea pungens 'Shiloh Weeping'

Pinus koraiensis 'Dragon Eye' ('Oculus Draconis')

Pinus parviflora 'Tempelhof'

Abies procera 'Sherwoodii' ('Aurea')

Picea smithiana

Good luck Carl.

Dax

The Best Laid plans of mice and men

My neighbor has started to raise a stink. The trees are right on the property line and yesterday she came over and did some hack pruning on the Yew I am saving to "show me that it could look nice"

She also said that I can not take down the Hemlock with woolly adelgid even though she will expect me to treat it (It is fully on her property). She protested about removing the Leylands but agreed in the end if no one entered her property. I think her kids are in her ear.
anyway, that leaves me with about 20 feet to plant.

Here are the plants that I liked at the Nursery I use.

Picea Omorika
Picea Orientalis
Juniperus Virginiana 'Taylor'
Cryptomeria Yoshino
Cedarus Deodor

I think I can plant two and maybe squeeze in the Cedar just outside the drip line of the Hemlock. I like Hemlock but it is limbed up already and the power line boys have butchered it and it took massive storm damage. If I did not have a 70+ footer of my owner I would let the Adelgid take care of it.

Thoughts?

I am thinking 2 Spruce and 1 Cedar but it will be crowded since those Spruce closer than 8' is going to get competitive.

Cheers,

Carl

I would probably choose either (1) Picea orientalis and the Deodar or (2) Serbian spruce and the Deodar. Those orientalis get mighty wide. I wouldn't place the cedar in the middle of the Serbians, I like that you'd place it on the end.

The Serbians are going to be the "better choice" than the orientalis.

That's what I'm thinking.

Dax

Thank you Dax,

The Deodar is one of my favorites and I love its form and texture.

Possible arrangements:

Hemlock, Cedar, Deodar, Serbian

Hemlock, Deodar, Serbian, Cedar

I don't think that I want to put the Serbian too close to the Hemlock since I think competition might become an issue.

thoughts on order given that I have to have the Hemlock and the Yew on the ends. There is an Ilex Opaca Satyr Hill nearby and a large magnolia grandiflora. past that.

Now I'm confused. I thought the Hemlock was going to go. And, Deodar/Cedar to me are the same.

I thought you were planting 3 trees basically in a row after space became available from removing the Leylands and (a) Hemlock.

Dax