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Conical-Shaped Shrubs

Conical-shaped shrubs are narrow at the top and wider at the bottom, resembling the shape of an ice cream cone. This is a common shape for needled evergreens growing in cold climates because it encourages the shedding of snow, which prevents branch loss. Some shrubs exhibit a strictly conical shape. However, it’s more common to find shrubs with a cone-shape variation, such as narrow-conical, or a combination of shapes, such as pyramidal to conical.

  1. Conical

    • Topal holly (Ilex x attenuata) and Japanese falsecypress “Plumosa Albopicta” (Chamaecyparis Pisifera “Plumosa Albopicta”) are conical-shaped evergreen shrubs. Topal holly grows 12 to 25 feet tall by 8 to 18 feet wide in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 through 9. This broadleaf evergreen is native to the southern U.S. “Plumosa Albopicta” slowly grows 8 to 9 feet tall by 4 to 5 feet wide -- 4 feet tall and wide after 10 years -- in USDA zones 4 through 8. This needled evergreen features white twig tips.

    Broad-Conical

    • Japanese falsecypress “Sungold” (Chamaecyparis pisifera “Sungold”) and Colorado spruce “Thume” (Picea pungens “Thume”) are needled evergreen shrubs featuring a broad-conical shape that grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 7. “Sungold” slowly grows 3 to 8 feet tall -- 3 to 5 feet tall in 10 years -- by 4 to 12 feet wide. Its thread-like foliage emerges bright gold and turns lime green. “Thume” slowly grows 6 to 8 feet tall and wide -- 4 feet tall by 3 feet wide after 10 to 15 years. This dwarf form doesn’t perform well in the hot and humid weather of the Deep South.

    Narrow-Conical

    • Common juniper “Compressa” (Juniperus communis “Compressa”) and boxwood “Fastigiata” (Buxus sempervirens “Fastigiata”) are evergreen shrubs with a narrow-conical form. “Compressa” is a needled evergreen that slowly grows 2 to 3 feet tall -- after about 10 years -- by 1 to 2 feet wide in USDA zones 3 through 6. This upright, dwarf variety grows well in rock gardens. “Fastigiata” grows 10 to 12 feet tall by 4 to 5 feet wide in USDA zones 6 through 8. Tolerant of shearing, this broadleaf evergreen features dark blue-green foliage.

    Pyramidal to Conical

    • Boxwood “Joy” (Buxus sempervirens “Joy”) and hinoki cypress “Nana Gracilis” (Chamaecyparis obtusa “Nana Gracilis”) are evergreen shrubs that grow in a pyramidal to conical shape. “Joy” grows 3 to 6 feet tall by 3 to 5 feet wide -- 10 feet tall by 8 feet wide, if not pruned -- in USDA zones 5 through 8. This broadleaf evergreen grows quickly at a rate of 5 inches per year. “Nana Gracilis” grows slowly to 6 to 9 feet tall -- 3 feet tall in 10 years -- by 2 to 4 feet wide in USDA zones 4 through 8. This compact needled evergreen takes on its pyramidal to conical shape as it matures.

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