Below is a hardiness key by location:
Scientific Name: Sequoia gigantium
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: Can be up to 250ft tall over many decades.
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged for young trees.
Hardiness: 6-8
Notes: Most massive tree in the world.
Multiple varieties and forms.
Scientific Name: Taxus
Sun Exposure: Needs shade (except for Hicksii)
Canopy Shape: Columnar to shrub
Height: Depends on variety
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged for young trees.
Hardiness: 3-8
Notes: Contains taxol, a toxic compound that is used for cancer treatment.
Scientific Name: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Sun Exposure: Partial shade
Canopy Shape: Cone with drooping branched and leaves.
Height: 25 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Screen: Moderate screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged for young trees.
Hardiness: 4-7
Scientific Name: Calocedrus decurrens
Sun Exposure: Partial shade
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 35ft tall and 15 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged for young trees.
Hardiness: 5-8
Multiple varieties and forms.
Scientific Name: Cedrus atlantica
Sun Exposure: Sun loving but can handle some shade.
Canopy Shape: Columnar to cone
Height: Depends on variety. 25-40ft tall and 5-20ft wide.
Screen: Moderate screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged for young trees.
Hardiness: 6-9
Scientific Name: Cedrua atlantica ‘glauca pendula’
Sun Exposure: Sun loving but can tolerate shade.
Canopy Shape: Weeping and can be pruned and sculpted
Height: Up to 15 ft tall and 15 ft wide (slow grower)
Screen: Moderate screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged.
Hardiness: 6-9
Scientific Name: Tsuga mertensiana
Sun Exposure: Shade dweller to partial shade
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 30 ft tall and 15 ft wide (very slow grower)
Screen: Moderate screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged.
Hardiness: 5-7
Scientific Name: Tsuga
Sun Exposure: Shade dweller
Canopy Shape: Weeping
Height: 2-6 ft tall and 2-6 ft wide (depending on staking height)
Screen: Mild screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged.
Hardiness: 5-7
Scientific Name: Cedrus deodara
Sun Exposure: Partial
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 40 ft tall and 20 ft wide
Screen: Moderate screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged.
Hardiness: 6-9
Scientific Name: Cedrus deodara ‘feelin blue’
Sun Exposure: Partial shade
Canopy Shape: Weeping dwarf
Height: 4-5 ft tall and 6-10 ft wide (slow growing)
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged.
Hardiness: 6-9
Scientific Name: Pinus longeva
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: Up to 35 ft tall (a very slow grower).
Screen: Mild screening
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant
Hardiness: 4-7
Notes: Oldest tree on the planet (known), in the White Mountains of CA, USA.
Scientific Name: Pinus leucodermis
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 25 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant (stiff pokey needles)
Hardiness: 4-8
Scientific Name: Pinus ponderosa
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 80 ft tall and 30 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant
Hardiness: 3-7
Scientific Name: Pinus contorta
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 25 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Screen: Moderate screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant
Hardiness: 4-8
Scientific Name: Pinus sylvestris
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone to rounded
Height: 25 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Screen: Moderate screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant
Hardiness: 3-7
Multiple varieties and forms
Scientific Name: Pinus nigra
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone to compact and columnar
Height: 40-25 ft tall and 20-8 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant
Hardiness: 4-7
Scientific Name: Pinus cembra
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone and columnar
Height: 25 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged for young trees.
Hardiness: 4-7
Scientific Name: Pinus flexilis ‘vanderwolfs pyramid’
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone and columnar
Height: 25 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection is encouraged for young trees.
Hardiness: 4-7
Multiple varieties and forms.
Scientific Name: Pinus strobus
Sun Exposure: Partial to Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone to columnar to weeping
Height: 15-25-50 ft tall and 10-20 ft wide
Screen: Mild to Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection for young trees is encouraged.
Hardiness: 3-8
Scientific Name: Pinus parviflora ‘glauca’
Sun Exposure: Partial shade
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 20 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Screen: Mild to moderate screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant
Hardiness: 4-7
Scientific Name: Picea pungens
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 40 ft tall and 20 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant (stiff pokey needles)
Hardiness: 3-7
Scientific Name: Picea pungens ‘hoopsii’
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone with weeping to curvey branches
Height: 25 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant (stiff pokey needles)
Hardiness: 3-7
Scientific Name: Picea glauca ‘densata’
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone dense habit
Height: 30 ft tall and 15 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant (stiff pokey needles)
Hardiness: 2-8
Scientific Name: Picea omorika
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 40 ft tall and 20 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: Less deer resistant. Protection encouraged for young trees.
Hardiness: 4-7
Scientific Name: Picea abies
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Cone
Height: 40 ft tall and 20 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant (stiff pokey needles)
Hardiness: 2-7
Scientific Name: Picea abies ‘acrocons’
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Fat wide cone
Height: 15 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant (stiff pokey needles)
Hardiness: 3-7
Notes: Distinct red cones in the summer.
Scientific Name: Picea
Sun Exposure: Sun loving but can tolerate shade.
Canopy Shape: Weeping and can be pruned and sculpted
Height: Up to 15 ft tall and width is variable
Screen: Mild screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant (stiff pokey needles)
Hardiness: 2-7
Scientific Name: Picea abies ‘cupressina’
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Columnar
Height: 20 ft tall and 2-5 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant (stiff pokey needles)
Hardiness: 2-7
Scientific Name: Picea pungens ‘fastigiata’
Sun Exposure: Sun loving
Canopy Shape: Columnar
Height: 25 ft tall and 3-5 ft wide
Screen: Excellent screen
Deer Resistant: More deer resistant (stiff pokey needles)
Hardiness: 3-7
