National Conifer Week will be among the events promoted at Glee by the HTA (20H10-J11)
Visitors will learn why it’s a great opportunity to increase sales of these low maintenance, attractive forms of year-round colour.
The conifer is also the HTA’s Plant of the Month for October.
National Conifer Week, organised by the British Conifer Group (BCG), runs from Saturday 26 September until Saturday 3 October. The aim is to provide support for retailers to inspire customers about the many benefits of growing conifers in the garden.
Whether planted in a container on a balcony, in a domestic garden or featured in acres of grounds, conifers can work as a backdrop, standalone features, or in a mixed border. Their amazingly diverse range of shades, textures, shapes and sizes makes them extremely versatile.
Team GB rower and 2012 Olympic Gold medallist Alex Gregory (pictured) says, conifers have been a part of his life. “From the early days of climbing in their branches, to the family pilgrimage we took to the Californian giant redwoods. There's something fascinating about the variety of sizes, colours and shapes conifers provide. They really are a feast for the senses. Every garden should have at least one conifer.”
Recommended RHS AGM varieties include:
- Picea abies 'Acrocona'
- Larix decidua 'Puli'
- Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens'
- Taxus baccata 'Icicle'
- Recommended companion plants include:
- Acer ‘Osakazuki’
- Colchicum speciosum
- Erica ‘Springwood White’
