{"id":5216,"date":"2013-11-28T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=5216"},"modified":"2013-10-30T16:49:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T20:49:17","slug":"top-conifers-picks-by-southeast-reference-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2013\/11\/28\/top-conifers-picks-by-southeast-reference-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Conifers Picks By Southeast Reference Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Favorite Platycladus orientalis 'Morgan' at UT Gardens, Knoxville, TN<\/p><\/div>
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Favorite Umbrella Pine at NC Arb. in Asheville, NC<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In 2011 poll conducted at the SE Region meeting in Athens, GA, the top favorite conifer picks from SE Reference Gardens. <\/p>\n

Georgia <\/strong>
\nLockerly Arboretum, Milledgeville
\n Cryptomeria japonica<\/em> \u2018Elegans Nana\u2019
\n Juniperus virginiana<\/em> var. silicicola \u2018Brodie\u2019
\n Platycladus orientalis<\/em> \u2018Aurea Nana\u2019
\n Thuja occidentalis<\/em> \u2018Rheingold\u2019
\nSmith Gilbert Garden, Kennesaw
\n Cedrus deodara<\/em> \u2018Gold Cone\u2019
\n Chamaecyparis obtusa<\/em> \u2018Verdon\u2019
\n Platycladus orientalis<\/em> \u2018Morgan\u2019
\nState Botanical Garden, Athens, GA
\n Juniperus virginiana <\/em>\u2018Grey Owl\u2019
\n Pinus virginiana<\/em> \u2018Wate\u2019s Golden\u2019
\n Platycladus orientalis<\/em> \u2018Morgan\u2019<\/p>\n

North Carolina<\/strong>
\nJ.C.Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh
\n Momi fir (Abies firma<\/em>)
\n Calocedrus macrolepis<\/em> var. formosana
\n Cryptomeria japonica<\/em> \u2018Rein\u2019s Dense Jade\u2019
\n Pinus wallichiana<\/em> \u2018Zebrina\u2019
\n Podocarpus macrophyllus<\/em> \u2018Royal Flush\u2019
\nTaxodium distichum<\/em> var. imbricatum ‘Prairie Sentinel\u2019<\/p>\n

South Carolina<\/strong>
\nS.C. Botanical Garden, Clemson
\n Platycladus orientalis<\/em> \u2018Filiformis Pendula\u2019
\n Sequoia sempervirens<\/em>
\n Tsuga diversifolia <\/em><\/p>\n

Tennessee<\/strong>
\nEast TN State University Arboretum, Johnson City
\n Pseudolarix kaempferi<\/em>
\n Sciadopitys verticillata<\/em>
\n Thujopsis dolobrata<\/em>
\nUniversity of TN Gardens, Jackson
\n Cryptomeria japonica<\/em> \u2018Globosa Nana\u2019
\n Platycladus orientalis<\/em> \u2018Franky Boy\u2019
\n Thuja orientalis<\/em> \u2018Morgan\u2019
\nUniversity of TN Gardens, Knoxville
\n Chamaecyparis nootkatensis<\/em> \u2018Glauca Pendula\u2019
\n Chamaecyparis obtusa<\/em> ‘Spirited\u2019
\n Juniperus deppeana <\/em>\u2018McFetter\u2019s Blue\u2019
\n Pinus densiflora<\/em> \u2018Aurea\u2019
\n Platycladus orientalis<\/em> \u2018Franky Boy\u2019<\/p>\n

Virginia <\/strong>
\nAl Gardner Memorial Conifer Garden at J.Sargeant Reynolds Comm.College, Goochland
\n Cham. obtusa<\/em> \u2018Loughead\u2019
\n Pinus parviflora \u2018Tanima-no-yuki\u2019<\/em>
\nState Arboretum of Virginia, Boyce
\n Cupressus arizonica<\/em>
\n Pinus pungens<\/em>
\n Sciadopitys verticillata<\/em> <\/p>\n

Some of the conifers listed above turned up in several descriptions:
\nJapanese Umbrella Pine – Sciadopitys verticillata<\/em> (zones 5 – 8a)
\n Platycladus orientalis<\/em> \u2018Franky Boy\u2019 (zones 6 to 8a)
\n Thuja orientalis<\/em> \u2018Morgan\u2019 (zones 6 to 8a)<\/p>\n

Source: American Conifer Society, Southeastern Region, August 2013 Newsletter<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2011 poll conducted at the SE Region meeting in Athens, GA, the top favorite conifer picks from SE Reference Gardens. Georgia Lockerly Arboretum, Milledgeville Cryptomeria japonica \u2018Elegans Nana\u2019 Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola \u2018Brodie\u2019 Platycladus orientalis \u2018Aurea Nana\u2019 Thuja occidentalis \u2018Rheingold\u2019 Smith Gilbert Garden, Kennesaw Cedrus deodara \u2018Gold Cone\u2019 Chamaecyparis obtusa \u2018Verdon\u2019 Platycladus orientalis \u2018Morgan\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[809,868,440,1049,674,645,617,800,604,774,899,639,952,817,936,630,646,687,7,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5216"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5671,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5216\/revisions\/5671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}