This is the second of two columns on dwarf conifers suitable for gardens in our region. Some are rare and hard to find. Keep your eyes open for them in area garden centers. Most of these can be found ...

This dwarf, evergreen shrub is a very old Japanese cultivar. Likely to have first appeared in Europe under the cultivar names ‘Mitama’ or ‘Mitama-sugi,’ it was first described by Murray Hornibrook in ...