Tilia tomentosa
Found growing wild in South-east Europe and South-west Asia, the silver lime gets its common name from the hairy, white undersides of the dark green leaves. It makes a broad, columnar tree and produces fragrant, white flowers in summer. Dry ... [... more]
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Podocarpus salignus
The willowleaf podocarp is a large columnar or broadly conical conifer from Chile. When mature it has large, spreading branches and attractive, peeling, red-brown bark. Its bluish-green leaves have a yellow-green underside. Flowers are ... [... more]
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Juniperus virginiana
A large, columnar tree from eastern USA, with spiky, grey-green leaves that are fragrant when crushed. Its juvenile foliage has spiky leaves in contrast with older leaves that lie flat on its branches. Brown-violet, glaucous fruit ripen in autumn ... [... more]
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