Conifers

Conifers come in all shapes and sizes, miniatures may grow less than 3 feet in a hundred years while others may might reach 130 feet or more in the same period. Conifers include the oldest living plant in the world, the ancient Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva)

Conifers can be deciduous or evergreen.

Only three conifers are native to Britain - the Scots Pine, Pinus sylvestris, Yew, Taxus baccata, and Juniper, Juniperus communis.

Conifers appeared over 300 million years ago but over time they have struggled to compete with the flowering trees that evolved later.

At present we have a selection of 9, all grown from seed and of varying ages. We are adding to our stock so keep checking.  Amongst the conifers that we are now growing but not yet available are the Dwarf Mountain Pine and the PInus Pinea. We are hoping to regularly increase our variety of conifers. We are always open to suggestions.