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Re: Wanting winter interest plants

>    One plant that really looks nice in the winter against a
> bare-branced background is a California incence cedar(Calocedrus
> decurrens). In a area with mostly deciduous trees it really makes a
> statement in the winter. It differes itself quite nicely from the more
> traditional evergreens such as spruces, pines and  firs. My tree is still
> small, but developing nicely. Maybe some interesting cultivars exist or are
> being developed?

Out of curiosity I just flipped open my Index of Garden Plants and 
looked it up; there are a few cultivars listed:

   'Aureovariegata'       foliage with scattered large pale yellow
                          blotches
   'Columnaris'           fastigiate habit
   'Compacta'             globose to columnar compact habit
   'Depressa'             dense globose dwarf, bronze leaves in winter
   'Glauca'               leaves glaucous with conspicuous blue tint
   'Intricata' ('Nana')   dense, upright, compact dwarf, brown in winter
   'Riet'                 globose dwarf 2 1/2' high

Krussman lists one more in his Manual of Cultivated Conifers:

   'Horizontalis'         branches strongly horizontal, no longer in
                          cultivation

Anyone have any real experience with any of these?  As a zone 5 USDA 
person, I haven't seen too many.  Guess I need to travel more!

Chris
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