Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson extension and Making It Grow. Many conifers grow too big for today’s smaller yards, but several deodora cedar cultivars are exceptions. Cedrus Deodora ‘Gold Cone’ has soft, yellow-green foliage that would be especially handsome with a green backgrown – either a structure or a hedge. Like most conifers, it needs well-drained, acidic soil. This tree really has been scaled down from its parents – Gold Cone grows twenty feet tall and only six feet wide. If you want a conifer for pot culture, A good substitute for the ubiquitous Hollywood Juniper would be the blue-tinted Deodora cedar cultivar “bushes Electra” which reaches about twelve feet in twelve years from a nursery grown pot plant . deodora cedars have soft needles so you can plant these smaller cultivars near walkways or entrances. The female cones are absolutely fabulous – light in color and shaped like little barrels sitting upright on the branches.
Smaller Conifers for Small Yards and Pots
