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Conifers
From mighty redwoods to true dwarfs, conifers are generally hardy and low maintenance trees that give structure and winter interest to any garden.
Learn more about how to plant a tree in our advice section and find even more information in our resources.
Bareroot conifers | mid-November to March
Bareroot trees are only available from mid-November to March. You can learn more about the differences between bareroot and potted plants in our advice section.
Potted conifers | all year round
Potted trees are available all year, but the best selection, and the best time to plant, is in late spring (April to May) and early autumn (September to October).

Juniperus communis Green Carpet
€4.00
Juniper Green Carpet Green carpet is a ground hugging cultivar of the common Juniper with dense, bright green foliage. Its wide spreading growth makes it ideal as a weed suppressing ground cover. It also mixes well with Winter heathers in a low maintenance garden. After several years it will develop the traditional blue black berries. Aspect: S...

Juniperus squamata Blue Carpet
€4.00
Juniper Blue Carpet A vigorous, low spreading evergreen. Juniperus Blue Carpet produces very attractive fine blue/silver foliage in a low mat up to 5 ft across. The typical juniper berries are also produced. A very good variety for the garden bringing all year round colour and weed suppressing qualities. Easy grower. Does best in a well-drained ...
Metasequoia glyptrostroboides - Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptrostroboides - Dawn Redwood
€12.00
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides is a beautiful deciduous conifer and a tree worth growing for its many ornamental features. Thought to be extinct and only known from fossil records dating back 100 million years, until the 1940's when a small number of living specimens were found in the in Sichuan province of China. The Dawn Redwood is ...

Pinus mugo Mughus - Mountain Pine
€10.00
Mountain Pine A hardy, mounding large shrub or dwarf tree with upward growing branches, Pinus mugo Mughus carries long needle-like leaves in rich, dark green bunches. The Mountain Pine also produces solitary or small clusters of reddish brown cones. A smaller version of the species with a dense, upright habit of growth, rugged and hardy, excell...

Juniperus squamata Holger
€4.00
Juniper Holger A small, spreading, evergreen conifer, Juniperus squamata Holger produces very attractive new foliage which is bright creamy-yellow in colour which contrasts with the older blue-silver foliage. Juniper Holger is a taller ground-cover variety providing excellent year round interest. Works well in low maintenance gardens and in mixe...
Juniperus communis Repanda

Juniperus communis Repanda
€4.00
Common Juniper Repanda Juniperus communis Repanda is an excellent named variety of our native juniper. Repanda, has all the good qualities of our common juniper, working well in difficult soils and sites. However this dwarf, carpet-forming conifer, has densely- packed grey-green foliage, with semi-prostrate stems. During Winter, the foliage take...
Taxus baccata Fastigiata

Taxus baccata Fastigiata
€20.00
Upright Irish Yew A native conifer originating from County Fermanagh, Taxus baccata Fastigiata is a form of which two specimens were discovered in 1767, one of which is still alive today on the grounds of Florence court demesne. It is estimated that over 5 million Irish yew have been propagated from this one remaining tree. The Irish Yew has ver...
Pinus armandii

Pinus armandii
€8.00
Chinese White Pine One of the most beautiful of the oriental pines, Pinus armandii is a tall, evergreen tree with an open, upright, conical habit. It is distinguished by its wonderfully ornamental, blue-grey, hanging needles, up to 6”/15cm long, borne in bunches of five. Inconspicuous flowers are followed by green, scaly cones in twos or threes,...
Taxodium distichum - Swamp Cypress

Taxodium distichum - Swamp Cypress
€10.00
Swamp Cypress An unusual deciduous conifer tree and real beauty, Taxodium distichum grows well on wet soils. Its flat, linear yellow-green leaves are held on short deciduous shoots and take on bronze-yellow Autumnal colouring. The Swamp Cypress is tall growing and when grown near water produces unusual “knee-like” growths from the roots. Similar...
Taxus baccata David

Taxus baccata David
€15.00
David’s Golden Yew A dwarf form of the fastigate common yew, Taxus baccata David is a compact evergreen tree. This new variety has beautiful golden young foliage that fades as it matures. David’s Golden Yew also has a more upright and narrow form, making it a useful tree for smaller spaces on difficult sites and soils. It is a male cultivar and ...

RHS Empathy Afterplant - Evergreen
€12.00
RHS Empathy After Plant Evergreen AFTER PLANT EVERGREEN Bio-active fertiliser with rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi and beneficial bacteria is a targeted plant food tailored to the needs of evergreen plants in the garden. Evergreens planted directly into the ground benefit from the treatment for the first 3-5 years whilst their soot system and fungal...

Sciadopitys verticillata - Japanese Umbrella Pine
€28.00
Japanese umbrella pine An unusual conifer best known for its attractive spirally arranged foliage, Sciadopitys verticillata is native to mountainous regions of Japan, where it is known as ''koyamaki''. It is known as a living fossil with records dating back over 200 million years,Sciadopitys is becoming a very popular garden plant, suitable for...

Cedrus libani sub. atlantica Glauca
€18.00
Blue Atlas Cedar This tree looks like Cedrus atlantica apart from the intense blue-grey colour of its needles. Cedrus atlantica Glauca Group is a very tall, slow-growing, clear-stem, evergreen conifer with a conical habit at first, maturing to a broad, flat-topped crown with spreading branches. At first, the bark is grey and smooth, but it becom...
Podocarpus salignus

Podocarpus salignus
€22.00
Willow-leaved podocarp An unusual conifer Native to Chile. It grows well in most sites, either as an understory tree/shrub, or as a specimen in a garden. Arching or drooping branches with dark, glossy willow-like leaves. It also tolerates damp soils, near a river for example, and can resemble a weeping willow with age. Dioecious, so needs a s...

Metasequoia glyptrostroboides Gold Rush
€45.00
Dawn Redwood Gold rush A must for every arboretum or large garden. Metasequoia glyptostroboides is a beautiful deciduous conifer and a tree worth growing for its many ornamental features. Gold rush is a golden leaved cultivar of the standard Metasequoia. Thought to be extinct and only known from fossil records dating back 100 million years, unti...

Lagarostrobos franklinii - Huon Pine
€20.00
Huon pine A beautiful slow growing but long lived conifer, native to Tasmania where it grows in moist soils in high rainfall areas, making it a perfect addition to medium to large Irish gardens. It has an interesting shape which will bring attention to it from whichever angle it is viewed from. With age, it forms a solid stem and long weeping br...
Thuja occidentalis Smaragd

Thuja occidentalis Smaragd
€12.00
White Cedar Smaragd A slow growing, evergreen, erect conifer, Thuja occidentalis Smaragd has scale-like, fresh green leaves that are held closely to the shoots and give a fresh apple-like aroma when crushed. With its narrow, conical shape, White Cedar Smaragd makes a useful tree for any garden, and is particularly suitable for formal plantings e...

Pseudotaxus chienii - White berried Yew
€28.00
White berried Yew An increasingly rare tree, in its native China it grows as an understory shrub or small tree. Derives its name from its resemblance to the Common European yew- the main difference being the bright white berries it shows off as it comes to maturity. Site: Tolerant of inland exposureSoil: Not too boggyPosition: Full sun to shadeS...

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Snow White
€10.00
Lawson’s Cypress Snow White A very popular slow growing conifer, Chamaecyparis Snow White fits well into any garden. It has pleasing blue-green foliage and an attractive texture. From Spring through to Summer it puts on an attractive show of brilliant white tipped new growth. It also does well in pots and will promise to be low maintenance, thou...

Cephalotaxus harringtonia Fastigiata
€35.00
Japanese Plum Yew A good feature plant for smaller gardens, Cephalotaxus harringtonia Fastigiata is a small, rather slow-growing, evergreen tree with a narrow, columnar habit, like a miniature version of the Irish yew, so often seen in churchyards. Deep-green, very narrow, pointed, soft leaves, 2”/5cm long, tightly clothe the upright branches wh...