Conifer Care Tips - Learn to Grow Various Conifers

Explore this board to master the art of growing and caring for conifers. Featuring expert tips on planting, selecting species or cultivars, and promoting healthy growth, it has everything you need to succeed. Learn methods for controlling pests and preventing diseases specific to conifers. Whether you prefer ornamental varieties or majestic evergreens, this board equips you with practical knowledge to grow thriving conifers at home or in your garden.
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Tips for Growing Spartan Juniper
For a plant as tough as the strongest warrior, check out ‘Spartan,’ a Chinese juniper cultivar with a columnar growth habit. It’s perfect as a windbreak, specimen, container plant, or living fence. Learn how to plant, grow, and care for this stately shrub now on Gardener's Path. #spartanjuniper #juniper #gardenerspath
How to Grow and Care for Arborvitae
Arborvitae is a dependable, attractive, and low-maintenance plant that can be placed practically anywhere you want in the garden. Densely packed with striking foliage, and with a stunning history, a Thuja deserves a spot in your landscape. Learn how to cultivate your own in this guide. #thuja #gardenerspath
How to Grow Norfolk Island Pine, Your Living Christmas Tree
When you bring home a Norfolk Island pine for the holidays, you won’t have to put it on the curb after Christmas. These conifers make excellent houseplants, but there are a few tricks to preventing them from outgrowing your home. Read more now at Gardener’s Path. #norfolkpine #houseplants #gardenerspath
The Best Pine, Fir, and Spruce Identification Guide
Have you ever wondered what the differences are between pine, spruce, juniper, and fir trees? Identifying evergreen trees can be a headache, but you can learn characteristic elements that make identifying them a walk in the park. Read more now.
Tips for Watering Norfolk Island Pine Trees
Norfolk Island pines make festive houseplants, and they will brighten your home long after the holidays. But it's important to develop a good watering routine as soon as you bring your tree home. Learn about Norfolk Island pine water requirements now on Gardener’s Path. #norfolkislandpine #houseplants #gardenerspath
How to Propagate Norfolk Island Pine
Norfolk Island pines are in the spotlight during the Christmas season, and they make easy-care plants year-round. If you want more of these conifers, they aren’t hard to propagate, and there are several different methods you can use. Read more now on Gardener’s Path. #norfolkislandpine #plantpropagation #gardenerspath
Blue Star Juniper: How to Grow These Hardy Garden Staples
‘Blue Star’ junipers practically glow in the garden with their stunning bright, steely blue foliage. Add to that their dense, mounding growth habit and extremely tough nature, and you have a plant that adds heaps of year-round character to your yard, without much fuss or maintenance. #bluestarjuniper #gardenerspath
How and When to Prune a Juniper Shrub
Pruning junipers the right way takes a bit of finesse and know-how. If you do it wrong, you can end up with a sad-looking skeleton of a plant, rather than a robust shrub. You need to know when, how, and which branches to prune if you want to keep your plant healthy and looking good. #juniper #gardening #gardenerspath
How to Grow and Care for Creeping Juniper
For a truly carefree, evergreen ground cover, check out creeping juniper. These plants come in a wide range of options, including dwarf or full-size with green, yellow, gold, or blue foliage. Gardener's Path explains how to choose, plant, and care for these elegant little creepers. #creepingjuniper #gardenerspath
How to Grow and Care for Yew Trees and Shrubs
With an intriguing botanical backstory and a variety of applications beyond their gorgeous aesthetic use, yews are evergreen plants worth displaying in the landscape. This guide will walk you through how to propagate, cultivate, and care for species of Taxus. Learn more on Gardener's Path. #taxus #yew #gardenerspath
How to Plant and Grow Chinese Junipers
Chinese junipers come in a variety of colors, sizes, and shapes, which means they can easily suit many different situations. They can be grown as bonsai trees, specimens, hedges, privacy screens, and more. Visit Gardener’s Path now to learn all about these versatile garden shrubs. #chinesejuniper #gardenerspath
How to Manage Winter Damage in Yews
Winter damage can really put a dent in a yew’s evergreen status, often causing the foliage to die and turn brown. In this guide, we cover the various forms winter damage can take in these plants, and provide strategies for dealing with this unwanted condition. Learn more now on Gardener's Path. #yew #gardenerspath
How to Grow and Care for Pine Trees
Pines are a classic option for the garden with a huge range of interesting shapes and sizes. There are foot-tall mugos that work as ground covers and towering sugar pines that make a huge statement in the landscape. Learn all about growing and raising pines now on Gardener's Path. #growingpines #gardening #gardenerspath
The Best Pine Trees: 41 Noteworthy Varieties
With a plethora of species to choose from, a gardener looking to cultivate some pine trees has a big decision to make. To make the process easier, our guide covers a significant portion of the Pinus genus, going in-depth on many of the most remarkable species out there. Read more now. #pine #trees #gardenerspath
How to Propagate Pine Trees from Seed
Have you ever eyeballed a pine cone and wondered if you could turn it into a tree? It’s not as hard as you might imagine. Gardener’s Path explains how to grow a pine tree from seed, from harvesting the cones to transplanting seedlings. Read more in our comprehensive guide. #pinetree #propagation #gardenerspath