Torreya sp. "Spread Eagle" Fred Heutte two-ranked sprays

two-ranked sprays

so Japanese households moved the iris up onto the thatched ridgelines of their roofs

though the cascading habit and aristocratic bearing recall one

the rounded heads casting light shade and lifting a planting into the subtropics

Torreya sp. "Spread Eagle" Fred Heutte two-ranked spraysThis wide spreading evergreen conifer has aromatic, sharp, flat needle like leaves in one plane. This clone originated at Hillier's Nursery in England in 1970 and was named 'Spreadeagle' for it's low spreading growth habit. Hillier lists it as a clone of the California Torreya (Torreya californica) but we suspect that it is actually a form of the endangered T. taxifolia (which see) as it has much longer needles than would be expected on the California