My identify is Andy Schenck, I backyard in Malvern, Pennsylvania ( a suburb of Philadelphia) in Zone 6B/7 (relying on the winter). My backyard is known as Look Once more Backyard (named by my buddy David Culp), it’s a collectors backyard filled with “drifts of 1 “. The winter is an incredible time for the conifers and broadleaf evergreens to shine. Hooked up is a sampling of vegetation that had been photographed the week of December 12th:
Persea palustris (Zone 7 – 11), which is a hardy relative to the avocado native to the southeastern United States.
Camellia japonica ‘Korean Hearth’ (Zone 7 – 11), a vigorous choice from Korea that is among the most chilly hardy sorts of the species.
Sciadopitys verticillata ‘Ossorio Gold’ (Zone 5 – 9) is a collection of the Japanese umbrella pine with lengthy golden needles. Umbrella pines are by no means widespread within the panorama, although they’re very lovely, and this gold type is even uncommon and presumably much more beautiful.
Tsuga seiboldii (southern Japanese hemlock, Zone 6 – 8) is gradual rising and displaying nice resistance to wooly adelgid, an invasive insect that’s doing nice injury to our native North American hemlock species.
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Rasen’ (Zone 5- 9 ) is a collection of the Japanese cedar which is an upright open grower with wonderful twisted foliage.
Possibly even cooler and extra uncommon wanting is Cryptomeria japonica ‘Cristata’ which is smaller in stature with a great deal of fasciation or cresting of the foliage
Chimonanthus praecox (Zone 7 – 9) is a aromatic, winter blooming shrub, it begins blooming in early December, and although the flowers are small and delicate, they’ve a powerfully scrumptious aroma.
Thujopsis dolobrata ‘Variegata’ (Zone 5 – 9) is a good variegated conifer for gentle shade, and, even higher, is reveals good resistance to deer looking.
Pinus palustris (longleaf pine, Zone 7 – 9) is a species native to southeastern North America, however appears to thrive in Pennsylvania. It is a younger plant, about 4 years previous.
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