30 feet or more - Page 5 of 6 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Sekkan-sugi’ Japanese cedar

    Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkan-sugi’

    This conical evergreen offers year-round interest and a graceful shape, with branches that are more pendent than the species.

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    Bald cypress

    Taxodium distichum and cvs.

    Its great beauty and variety of sizes and shapes makes this deciduous conifer a candidate for extensive use.

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    Giant dogwood

    Cornus controversa 'Variegata'

    This rounded, deciduous tree with spreading, tiered branches is especially dramatic in the landscape.

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    ‘Caddo’ Florida maple

    Acer saccharum 'Caddo'

    The 'Caddo' maple typically reaches a mature height of 30 feet and spread of 25 feet, but may be taller.

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    English holly

    Ilex aquifolium

    This tall, pyramidal, evergreen tree may be grown as a large shrub.

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    Maidenhair tree

    Ginkgo biloba

    One of the oldest tree species on the planet, ginkgo grows only about a foot a year, reaching 50 to 80 feet.

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    Red banana

    Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’

    This banana-like perennial has large paddle-shaped leaves, which range in color from deep claret brown to red-purple to pale green, produced from the center of the plant, with thick, bright…

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    Dove tree

    Davidia involucrata

    This is a lovely species grown for its distinct pairs of 7-inch-long, assymetrical white bracts which hang from the branches in layers in late spring.

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    Wollemi pine

    Wollemia nobilis

    Long thought extinct, the wollemi pine was discovered in 1994 in a remote section of Australia.

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    Chinese wisteria

    Wister­ia sinensis

    Dramatic flowers with an intoxicating fragrance cover this vigorous twining climber.