Tall, slim conifer/evergreen

Folks,
I'm planning the planting for my new front garden and I would like to add something evergreen, about 6ft tall and very slender as it's only a small garden.

I believe a young juniper skyrocket would do the trick, but I also believe that they can end up 15ft tall and 3 foot wide.

Would it be possible to keep one at its youthful dimensions by pruning it or would I just end up with a mess?

Are there any other conifers or evergreens which would fit the bill?

 

Plant it in a half barrel and not in the soil, it has potential to grow to FARR more than 15'. If your woried about drying out then put a good layer of sand and crocks in the base of the barrel.

I have a blue spruce growing at home in a half barrel, perfectly bonsaied and very happy, needs verylittle water aswell.

 

Thanks for that. I want the trees to be in the border, so I would have to sink the barrel into the ground (oh goody, more excavations). Does it need to be such a large container? I'd be happy with a 5ft tree, so if I can sink it into the ground in a pot of some kind, that would suit me better, or would the roots just break out?

 

No problem sinking it in, the desired efect is to bonsai it, You could probably get away with using say a 20 litre nursery pot or similar.

 

Thanks very much

 

NW, a better conifer for you would be Juniperus Blue Arrow. It`s of a tighter growing habit than Skyrocket. And you can keep it to about 5ft by taking out the growing tip at that height.

 

Thanks for that. Would taking the growing tip out make it go bushy or would it stay nice and slim?

 

It`s natural habit is to be slim, what it would try to do is send up another leader. Of course like all other plants it can be kept in shape by a gentle trim if need be.

 

Thank you :D

 

You are more than welcome.

 

We had a sky rocket and after 7ish years it was still only 4 feet.