I can't speak to your zone - I'll let others in zone 6 opine, but I love this tree. I have three, one planted as a specimen and two flanking an entry. They are the quintessential 'Whoville' tree to me, if you read Dr. Seuss. You sometimes need to straighten the leader of young trees with a small piece of bamboo while it hardens, but that isn't onerous. Another one you might look at are various Cupressus (used to be Chamaecyparis) nootkatensis cultivars - they are rangier and not as formal/elegant, but have very small footprints.
Conifers should go very well with your maples and hosts. Check out the American Conifer Society website for more info.
Have fun!
Sara

Here is a link that might be useful: American Conifer Society

It will do just fine for you. I have one, as most here do, and it is a good staple in a conifer garden.

tj

it does fine in z5MI.... and i think it was a z4 winter ... extreme cold.. blistering winds.. anything with yellow or white tissue burned ...

as a blue.. which is a glacous coating on the needles.. i do not think there is any damage on mine... and i was within 3 feet of it the other day .. and should have noticed ...

as to UT... i dont know.. some of you guys out west have weird effects with altitude.... that i dont deal with ...

conifers are trees ... a subset.. so your tree experience should be good enough as a knowledge base ....

ken

Picea glauca Pendula does fine here along the front range.

Another narrow weeping option that might work for you is Sequoiadendron giganteum Pendulum.

Thanks for your input everyone! Seems like no one has anything bad to say about this tree so think it is probably the right one for me. I'm sure our climate is similar to the front range of Colorado.

Sara, you're right about the "Whoville tree"...maybe that's why I like it so much. I checked some of the local garden centers websites and I see they have a couple that are what I am looking for. One is called Morton Tower and the other weeping white spruce. I think I will have to go check them out tomorrow. They look similar only Morton Tower appears to not grow as tall according to the website.

Thanks for your help!
Linda

Hi Dave, thanks for posting those pictures! Your yard is stunning! What is the name of the slender one in the 2nd picture closer to the house? It looks nice too!

Thanks
LInda

Weeping sequoia gets big, some clones fork and grow broad also.

Linda,

Pinus parviflora 'Glauca'. Left click on photo to enlarge.

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Dave

Hi all you Whoville tree enthusiasts, I've been doing the landscape design at our church. here is my plan for a tall, short and medium set of these trees.