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Native Plant Synoptic Garden
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‘Argentea’- A silver-green form of the species.
‘Blue Arrow’- Good upright grower with blue-green foliage.
‘Blue Creeper’- Low spreading growth habit. 6-8’ wide and only 2 foot high. Good
bright blue foliage. Place in the “Alpine Zone” to brighten up the area year around.
‘Blue Heaven’- Great blue foliage and upright growth habit. Can get up to 25’ (Dirr,
1978).
‘Cologreen’- Dark green foliage and upright growth to 25-30’
‘Columnaris’- A upright grower that tend to be much taller than wider.
‘Gray Gleam’- Nice silver gray foliage and slow growth to 15-20’.
‘Green Ice’- Broad upright grower with ice-green new growth.
‘Horizontalis’- Nice outward spreading branches of silver-blue adorn this upright
grower.
‘Medora’- Slender upright form with blue-green foliage.
‘Moonglow’- Grows upright and has bright silver-green foliage. Can get up to 20’
(Kelly, 1995).
‘Pathfinder’- Nice bluish gray foliage on an upright pyramidal tree. Grows to 20-30’.
‘Sky Rocket’- One of the narrowest growth habits of the species. Has bluish-green
foliage. A 15’ plant usually not more than 2’ wide (Dirr, 1978).
‘Sparkling Rocket’
‘Tabletop’- Grows wider than taller. 6’ high and 8’ wide with silver-gray foliage.
‘Tolleson’s Blue Weeping’- Nice arching branches of silver-blue droop downward.
Interesting form.
‘Variegata’- Some of the growth is white and spread out on the shrub.
‘Viridiflora’- Bright green foliage that is an upright grower.
‘Wichita Blue’- Holds a good blue-green color on the foliage. A conical upright grower.
Larix lyalli- One of our high alpine larches. Not often seen in cultivation and slow growing.
Whorls of soft green needles come out in spring then followed by bright yellow fall color before
the needles drop (Kruckenberg, 1992). Needs an exposed site in full sun. Place in “Forested
Ridge” area.