Planting / Retrieving: conifers

The CYPRES DE PROVENCE is THE hedge plant par excellence for both small and large sizes. It blooms from the end of February to the beginning of March with brown ocher flowers for the male flowers and green for the female flowers. This perennial evergreen conifer can reach more than 30 meters! Rustic, it likes exposure to the sun and partial shade on ordinary, drained soil.

The JUNIPER is a persistent conifer of easy culture in the garden, moreover it is also a species used in cooking, and having medicinal properties. Native to Europe, North America and Asia, it flowers in April and May. This evergreen perennial will reach at maturity 4 meters and rarely up to 10 meters. It is one of the champions of hardiness because it withstands low temperatures down to -29°C. Its exposure must be sunny to partial shade and its soil tolerant to acid to basic, moist to dry. JUNIPER is used on beds and rock gardens. It is planted preferably in the fall.

Originally from California, the SEQUOIA GIANT is a conifer that reaches maturity between 20 and 80 meters high... see much more, some specimens easily exceeding 100 meters! It is one of the largest trees on Earth and it is beyond measure the most voluminous tree on the planet! Plan space to plant it because this giant can quickly become cumbersome! This evergreen perennial is hardy since the GIANT SEQUOIA can withstand low temperatures down to -15°C. For its exposure opt for the sun and partial shade and a filtering soil (good earth) compact (clay) very porous (sandy) slightly acid. It is used in isolation and should be planted between October and April.