Home Search Site Search Search the entire American Conifer Society website. Conifer Search Basic Search Advanced Search Genus Abies / fir Acmopyle Actinostrobus Afrocarpus Agathis / kauri Amentotaxus / catkin-yew Araucaria Athrotaxis Austrocedrus / Chilean cedar Austrotaxus / New Caledonia yew Callitris / Australian cypress Calocedrus / incense-cedar Cathaya Cedrus / cedar Cephalotaxus / plum-yew Chamaecyparis / false-cypress Cryptomeria / Japanese cedar Cunninghamia / China fir Cupressus / cypress Dacrycarpus Dacrydium / Rimu Diselma / Cheshunt pine Falcatifolium / sickle pine Fitzroya Ginkgo Glyptostrobus / Chinese water-pine / Chinese swamp cypress Halocarpus Juniperus / juniper Keteleeria Lagarostrobus / Huon pine Larix / larch Lepidothamnus Libocedrus Manoao / Manoao Metasequoia / dawn redwood Microbiota / Siberian cypress Microcachrys / creeping pine Microstrobus Nageia / broad-leaved podocarp Neocallitropsis Nothotsuga / bristlecone hemlock Papuacedrus Parasitaxus / Corail Phyllocladus / celery-top pine Picea / spruce Pilgerodendron Pinus / pine Platycladus / Chinese arborvitae Podocarpus Prumnopitys Pseudolarix / golden larch Pseudotaxus / white-berry yew Pseudotsuga / Douglas-fir Retrophyllum Saxegothaea / Prince Albert's yew Sciadopitys / Japanese umbrella-pine Sequoia Sequoiadendron / giant sequoia Sundacarpus Taiwania / Chinese coffin tree Taxodium Taxus / yew Tetraclinis / Arartree / Sandarac Gum Tree Thuja / arborvitae Thujopsis / hiba arborvitae Torreya Tsuga / hemlock Widdringtonia / African cypress Wollemia Species (optional) Trinomial (optional) Genus Abies / fir Acmopyle Actinostrobus Afrocarpus Agathis / kauri Amentotaxus / catkin-yew Araucaria Athrotaxis Austrocedrus / Chilean cedar Austrotaxus / New Caledonia yew Callitris / Australian cypress Calocedrus / incense-cedar Cathaya Cedrus / cedar Cephalotaxus / plum-yew Chamaecyparis / false-cypress Cryptomeria / Japanese cedar Cunninghamia / China fir Cupressus / cypress Dacrycarpus Dacrydium / Rimu Diselma / Cheshunt pine Falcatifolium / sickle pine Fitzroya Ginkgo Glyptostrobus / Chinese water-pine / Chinese swamp cypress Halocarpus Juniperus / juniper Keteleeria Lagarostrobus / Huon pine Larix / larch Lepidothamnus Libocedrus Manoao / Manoao Metasequoia / dawn redwood Microbiota / Siberian cypress Microcachrys / creeping pine Microstrobus Nageia / broad-leaved podocarp Neocallitropsis Nothotsuga / bristlecone hemlock Papuacedrus Parasitaxus / Corail Phyllocladus / celery-top pine Picea / spruce Pilgerodendron Pinus / pine Platycladus / Chinese arborvitae Podocarpus Prumnopitys Pseudolarix / golden larch Pseudotaxus / white-berry yew Pseudotsuga / Douglas-fir Retrophyllum Saxegothaea / Prince Albert's yew Sciadopitys / Japanese umbrella-pine Sequoia Sequoiadendron / giant sequoia Sundacarpus Taiwania / Chinese coffin tree Taxodium Taxus / yew Tetraclinis / Arartree / Sandarac Gum Tree Thuja / arborvitae Thujopsis / hiba arborvitae Torreya Tsuga / hemlock Widdringtonia / African cypress Wollemia USDA Zone 1 (-50 to -60 F / -45.6 to -51.1 C) 2 (-40 to -50 F / -40 to -45.6 C) 3 (-30 to -40 F / -34.4 to -40 C) 4 (-20 to -30 F / -28.9 to -34.4 C) 5 (-10 to -20 F / -23.3 to -28.9 C) 6 (0 to -10 F / -17.8 to -23.3 C) 7 (10 to 0 F / -12.2 to -17.8 C) 8 (10 to 20 F / -6.7 to -12.2 C) 9 (20 to 30 F / -1.1 to -6.7 C) 10 (30 to 40 F / 4.4 to -1.1 C) 6|7|8|9 4|5 11 (40 to 50 F / 4.4 to 10 C) 12 (50 to 60 F / 10 to 15.6 C) 13 (60 to 70 F / 15.6 to 21.1 C) Color Select Blue Blue Gray Blue Green Dark Green Gray Green Light Green Medium Green Seasonal Variation Silvery Blue Green Silvery Green Variegated White or Cream Variegated Yellow or Gold White Yellow or Gold Size Select Miniature: less than 1 inch (2.5 cm) per year / less than 12 inches (30 cm) after 10 years Dwarf: 1 to 6 inches (2.5 – 15 cm) per year / 1 to 5 feet (0.3 – 1.5 m) after 10 years Intermediate: 6 to 12 inches (15 – 30 cm) per year / 5 to 10 feet (1.5 – 3 m) after 10 years Large: greater than 12 inches (30 cm) per year / greater than 12 feet (4 m) after 10 years Shape Select Broad Upright or Oval Broadly Pyramidal Conical (Pyramidal) Cushion or Bun Shaped Globe or Globose Mounding, Arching or Weeping Narrow Pyramid or Columnar Narrow Upright or Fastigiate Prostrate or Ground Covering Snake-Branched Spreading Upright Weeping Origin Select Garden Origin Genera Species Hybrid Seedling Selection Sport Unknown Wild Origin Witch's Broom Witch's Broom Seedling Horticultural Status Select Valid Disputed Established Possibly Extinct in Cultivation Provisional RHS Accepted Cultivar RHS Accepted Genus RHS Tentatively Accepted Name Synonym Trinomial Type Select Cultivar Form Subspecies Variant