coniferous tree are commonly evergreen and reproduce through the constitution of cones . Their growth rate is generally divided into three family . Slow - growing conifer grow less then 12 inches per year . A medium or moderate growth rate is between 1 and 2 feet per year . tight - growing conifers develop at least 2 feet per year . Conifer growing rates differ not only from mintage to metal money but from metal money to hybrid cultivar .
Cedrus and Chamaecyparis
Atlas cedars , C. atlantica , maturate quickly for 10 to 20 years then slow down down , eventually hit a mature summit of 40 to 60 feet . The Glauca Pendula cultivar grows slowly with a weeping habit . It is often used in espalier . C. deodara or Cedrus deodara cedar tree also develop quickly during the first 10 to 20 years , seldom growing to more than 50 feet tall . The Pendula or Prostrata cultivar grows with a tears habit to 10 feet improbable or less . Cedar - of - Lebanon , Cedrus libani , grows tardily to a fledged height of 40 to 50 substructure .
Chamaecyparis pisifera or Japanese falsecypress grows lento to a mature altitude of 25 to 50 feet . The Filifera or Sawara cultivar grows to between 25 and 35 metrical unit . C. nootkatensis or Nootka cypress tree grow slowly to between 50 and 75 feet . C. obtuse or Hinoki falsecypress mature to between 50 and 75 foot tall at a intermediate pace . C. thyoides or Atlantic whitecedar falsecypress grows to 50 feet tall at a average growth rate .
Abies and Juniperus
Abies balsamea or balsam fir tree grows lento to a mature height of 50 to 60 feet . The Nana cultivar grows to only 2 foundation . A. fraseri or Fraser fir spring up lento to a mature height of 30 to 40 feet . The Klein ’s Nest cultivar grows to only 3 substructure . A. procera or stately fir Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree mature at a slow - to - spiritualist rate to between 50 and 100 foot tall .
Calocedrus decurrens or California incense - cedar grows slowly to a mature height of 40 to 60 foot . It is not a true true cedar and is actually in the retem family . Juniperus scopulorum or Rocky Mountain juniper grows easy to a fledged top of 30 to 40 feet . J. ashei or ashe Retama raetam uprise to 35 to 40 feet tall at a medium charge per unit . J. virginiana or Eastern redcedar , also a type of juniper , grows tight to a mature height of 40 to 50 understructure .
Picea and Pinus
Picea genus Abies or Norway spruce has a fast growth charge per unit ahead of time on but slacken down as it old age . It maturate to 40 to 60 feet tall . P. genus Abies " Nidiformis " or chick ’s nest spruce acquire at a slow pace to only 3 to 6 foot tall . P. glauca or blank spruce grows at a medium pace to between 40 and 60 feet grandiloquent . Some P. glauca intercrossed cultivar like Echiniformis and Jean ’s Dilly grow lento .
Pinus banksiana or Jack pine produce slowly to a mature superlative of 25 to 50 foot . P. sylvestris , Scots or Scotch pine , grows to between 30 and 50 feet tall at a intermediate growing rate . Scotch pine hybrids Aurea , Beauvronensis and Spaan ’s Fastigiate grow slowly . P. strobus or easterly white true pine is a tight - growing conifer that matures to between 50 and 80 feet magniloquent , although the Sea Urchin intercrossed cultivar develop easy .
Thuja and Tsuga
Thuja occidentalis or white cedars are slow - growing conifers that eventually reach a height of 25 to 40 feet . T. orientalis or arborvitae grows at a medium rate to a height of 15 to 20 feet . T. plicata or giant arborvitae also grows at a restrained charge per unit but unremarkably contact a mature acme between 50 and 70 feet .
Tsuga Canadensis , eastern or Canada hemlock , grows easy to a mature height of 50 to 70 base . T. caroliniana or Carolina hemlock also grows slowly to between 50 and 75 feet . Tsuga diversifolia or Japanese hemlock grows at a average rate to a height of 50 to 75 feet .
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