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Article: How Low Can You Go? Low-Growing Varieties Add a Delightful Dimension
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 30, 1989
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Two stars of the small garden are the dwarf conifer and the
Japanese maple. While the colorful foliage of the conifer has
brightened up spaces all winter long, the sinuous limbs of the maple
have offered another type of feast to the eye.
Having evolved originally in adverse natural conditions, dwarf
conifers and Japanese maples were carefully selected and hybridized
by horticulturists. Today's varieties offer such unique shapes,
textures and colors that just one specimen can "make" a garden,
providing what landscapers call four-season interest.
Many nurseries and mail-order houses nowadays have a broad
selection of dwarf conifers and Japanese maples, and a good time to
plant any of them ...