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Suggestions for a conifer

10 years ago

I'm looking for 2 conifers for a small garden of mine. (Picture is below). I would like the tree to have a somewhat slow growth rate, maybe 5' in five years.

I have already tried an Abies concolor 'archers dwarf' (which is in the center of the picture and just about dead). And a Pinus Strobus 'national life' which I believe was planted too close to a dryer vent (not pictured).

I would really like to plant some type of Pinus strobus cultivar because they are native to my area but I'm afraid it will die like the first one. I am also Leary of any picea pungens cultivar because of the disease that has been striking them lately.

I live in a zone 5 in northern Illinois. Any suggestions?

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