I'm with Dax...these are the posts I look forward to, and always repeatly return to.
Is there anything more beautiful (except for our kids or grandkids that is) than a conifer's new growth!?

A big thank you to Stephen and Edwin for taking the time to share photos of their collection plus their unparelleled knowledge.
We are fortunate that you are part of this forum!

Barbara

a marvelously magnificent menagerie!

thanks for posting

weeper... most of these are NOT DWARF's ...

they are minis ....

minis grow less than an inch a year.. or so ....

if momma is 300 feet tall.. a dwarf of her could be a mere 200 feet ... but generally they have a growth rate of 1 to 6 inches per year.. link below ...

you MIGHT be comparing apples and oranges....

so.. if each bud grows one inch .. and puts out 3 or 4 new buds... the effect will be much more congested .... compared to growing 6 inches.. and then budding .... etc ....

the real question is if either pinch back spring growth on any of them ?????

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: link

Coniferjoy, very nice pics, your Pinus mugo 'Mops Michl WB' might be a mistake ? it looks very much like my plant Pinus mugo 'Michael' ??
Also, Pinus uncinata is considered a subspecies of Pinus mugo by some authorities, depends on who you want to listen to.
Babs, appreciate your comments.

A few more mini mugos - and its allies!

Pinus mugo '3 Zinnen'
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Pinus mugo 'Michelle'
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Pinus mugo 'Humpy WB' - Colzium
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Pinus pseudopumilio 'Ryzovna'
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Pinus uncinata 'Hannibal'
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Thanks all for the nice pics! Here is a mini mugo that is also from a 'mops' that had 4 brooms on it. This is Pinus mugo 'East Side'.
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Shannon, is the P m 'Eastside' from Gees ?

Pinus mugo 'Zwergkugel'
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Pinus mugo 'Tuffet'
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Pinus mugo 'Kiril'
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Pinus pseudopumilio 'Omlaceny'
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Hi Bluespruce-

Yes, I did get it at Gee's. I made a mistake with the name also- the correct name is Pinus mugo 'Mops East Side'. The other 3 are 'Mops West Side', 'Mops Top North', and 'Mops Top South'.

"Pinus pseudopumilio 'Omlaceny' color>"

That's a funny one !

...."omlaceny" means "beat up" :O) ...in Czech, that is.

Those twisted needles ones are super.

Dax

Bluespruce,

I have a picture specialy for you.
It shows a witches'broom in a witches'broom.
The original plant is the Pinus uncinata 'Nova'
The smaller witchesbroom do have a million small buds ;0)
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Coniferjoy, Is this one of your plants ?

Real nice Mugo;s guys, love them.I believe i have 2 'Little Delight' which i believe is another Mops Broom, and 'Northern Lights' Which has yellow tips on the new growth. Joe

Bluespruce,

Yep, I found this very tiny witches'broom when I was taken scionswood of the Pinus uncinata 'Nova' which is in my collection.
The problem then was that I found this out when I had the scionswood in my hand, luckely the grafting was succesfull.

About the Pinus mugo 'Michl W.B.':
I received this plant from Jiri Balatka' when we vistid him in Autumn 2007.
I just checked his inventorylist and he also named it this way.
I will come back to this after he answered my e-mail about this.

This one is also a witches'broom found in a Pinus mugo 'Mops'.
It's a Dutch selection found by Ad van Aert.
Pinus mugo 'Annemarie'
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Coniferjoy,
My plant of Pinus mugo 'Michal' came from Jan Slama, and I still have the original tag, so assuming both are the same plant which does look likely by the photos - which is the correct name ? perhaps Jiri Balatka and Jan Slama could get together on this one ?

Pinus mugo 'National Arboretum' - this one is from a broom on Pinus mugo 'Mops' in the national Arboretum, Washington.
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Coniferjoy,
just checked both Holata and Borovec lists both have Pinus mugo 'Michal' and 'Michl' listed, so two different plant then.

Pinus mugo 'Tyller'
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Bluespruce,

Thanks for your info about the 'Michl'
I saw at your website that you have differend Pinus mugo 'Humpy W.B', is one of these the same as 'Humpy Mini'?

Pinus mugo 'Humpy Mini'
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Dueling Mugos....this is great for us photo-philes!

(hope someone else out there is old enough to remember the 'Dueling Banjos' song from Deliverance)

Barbara

Coniferjoy,
Very probable Pinus mugo "Humpy Mini" are introduced in Holland by myself,selected by Meylan nursery in Switzerland.It's the same about Pinus mugo "Mops Meylan"
Clément

I missed reading this post and this is actually kind of scarey. I am amazed by the number of brooms on Mugo pines. I would almost guarantee that if you have a Pinus mugo 'Mops' that you will eventually have a broom on it. Nearly every Mops that has any size to it has a broom on it someplace or has had one or will have one. I was with Gary Gee the day he named all of the brooms on his mops. If I remember correctly there are at least 5 brooms on it now, a couple of them are not that good. I think he and I probably have the only grafts from them. Last year I found a broom on my P. m. 'Mops'. I knew it was just a matter of time.

There is a Pinus mugo 'Mops' broom called 'Dave's Choice'. It was found by Dave Horst at the Bickelhaupt Arboretum and Chub Harper named it after him. The broom has now died but I would be willing to bet that at some point there will be another. I have a 'Dave's Choice' in my collection and notice the other day that there is a tiny little broom growing on the side of the thing, about the size of a 25 MM across. I'll try to graft it next year.

Nice photos guys.
Bill

Coniferjoy,
My photo above of 'Humpy WB' - Colzium, originates from Colzium Gardens in Scotland, the other one I have in my collection is 'Humpy WB - Koe, but not too sure if this is the correct name, material for both plants came via John Proudfoot a few years ago.

Pinus mugo 'Humpy WB' - Koe
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Pinus mugo 'Suzi'
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Pinus mugo 'Beran'
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This is a terrific Thread!
Pinus mugo 'Suzi' is incredible...
Many thanks,

Josh

Ya know, Barbara, I was thinking of "Dueling Mugos" as well while reading this thread.

Evidently the brooming tendancy of 'Mops' must be genetic, so given the vast number of brooms from 'Mops', how many of the brooms out there are look-a-likes even though found on different plants?

tj

P.S. Gotta love the texture of 'Suzi'.

Bluespruce,

So at this moment there are 3 witchesbrooms of Pinus mugo 'Humpy' availlable.
Is it possible that the 'Humpy W.B.'-Koe is originated from the late Kas Koemans from Holland?

This is the smallest Pinus mugo cultivar I have at my Pinetum.
Pinus mugo 'Bonsai Kramer'
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Coniferjoy,
There are some more Humpys - 'Humpy WB Neu' - 'Humpy Jos' - 'Humpy Bal', and also I think 'Humpitz' is another one.
It is possible that 'Humpy WB' - Koe, originated from Kas Koemans, I also thought this was a possibility, but I'm not sure.

Pinus rotundata 'Jiri Sourek'
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Pinus mugo 'Winzig'
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Pinus uncinata 'Erwin'
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This is quite the 'mugo orgy'. It makes my head spin!

These are awesome photos, thanks!

Will

I'm still battling the banjo's. That damn song's been playing in my head for two days. Wow, keep it up gentlemen.

Pinus mugo 'Mops'
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Pinus mugo 'Mitsch Mini'
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Pinus mugo 'Dave's Choice'
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Dax

Bluespruce,

The mini mugo party isn't over yet!
Is it also possible that the 'Humpy W.B. Neu' is originated from the J. zu Jeddeloh Nurseries, Germany and found by Mr. Neumann who was the head propagator in the past?

Pinus mugo 'Swiss Dwarf'
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Thanks Coniferjoy, Dax if you want to play, the photos have to come from your own collection :0)

Pinus mugo 'Flanders Belle' - another Mops broom discovered on a nursery in France by Jon Tate of Lime Cross Nursery, West Sussex, England.
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Pinus mugo 'Little Delight'
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But I want to play...
it's raining now and then I'll show my little mugo's so that guy up above has something more to complain about.

Dax

Aw let Dax play. It was nice to see the 'Dave's Choice' that Bill had metioned earlier.

tj

Hey Dax, you can take my place, here are my last pics for mini mugos, - I think!
Pinus mugo 'Enkhuizen'
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Pinus mugo 'Mops Midget'
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Pinus uncinata 'Wiel'
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Bluespruce,

The original name for Pinus mugo 'Enkhuizen' was 'Mops W.B. Enkhuizen' but is now changed in 'Kafumbi'

I have several more dwarf Pinus mugo cultivar pictures, this is one of them:
Pinus mugo 'Kissen'
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'Kissen' is German for "Cushion".
It's found at the Jeddeloh Nurserie, Germany in 1979 and introduced under the cultivarname 'Brevifolia' which was illigitimate because it's from after 1959, so they changed it in 'Kissen'.

Excellent, superb!
Thanks again for these wonderful visual references!

Josh

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Coniferjoy, thanks for the update on 'Enkhuizen'

Pinus mugo 'Minikin'
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My Huge 4 plant collection.

Pinus mugo 'Alpen Hexe' or is it 'Alpenhexe' ?
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'Alpen Hexe'
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Pinus mugo 'Dave's Choice'
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Pinus mugo 'Minima Kalous'
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Pinus mugo 'Alpen Glow' or is it 'Alpin Glow'?
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These are 1.5 year grafts.

Dax

Dax,

It's 'Alpenhexe' and 'Alpenglow'
Unfortunately your 'Alpenglow' doesn't look so well, the bud looks dry to me, while I think it must have bin made new growth by now...

Greenman, It's Pinus mugo var. pumilio instead of Pinus mugo 'pumilio'.

Pinus mugo 'Allgäu'
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This one was found by the Dutch Van Den Nieuwendijk Brothers Nursery in the Allgäuer Alps, Southern Germany.

Thanks, Coniferjoy!
I'll amend my notes!

Another beauty,

Pinus mugo 'Benjamin'.
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That's bad Edwin.

Dax

Pinus mugo 'Mops Horstmann'
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Many thanks guys!
I finally got them all captured.

Dax

One more

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Pinus pseudopumilio 'Eso'

Maria

I stopped by to Betty's Azalea Ranch just to say hi. As I got closer these guys started wagging their tails and I just couldn't resist.

Here in the US Mid-Atlantic we are in the hot, sultry, sweltering Dog Days of Summer. Now someone tell me what this is and how to prevent it in my area.

i have no clue why you dropped this is this very old post ... were they really $5.88 ...????

i have seen many.. basically zone inappropriate for me... being sold like this .. almost like disposable xmas houseplant conifers ...

ken

A great article is linked here from American Nurseryman Magazine in 2000. Here is a snippet: .... the propagator at Iseli Nursery, Inc. Boring, Or. developed new production techniques using self-rooted cuttings instead of grafting. This process cut costs significantly. ......... Because mugo pines with short needles root quite readily, the innovative process works quite well on compact, shrubby forms of the pine. Iseli Nursery offers about 10 cultivars produced from cuttings.

As one can see from my earlier post, producing mugo pine cvs from cuttings is having an effect on their availability. 2000 Article on Iseli Nursery

Hy!

What a wonderful thread, got dozens of hearts in my eyes, wow :D!

Now that all the experts of mini mugos are gathered in one thread, maybe you can help me with the identification on my smallest mini mugo?

I bought it as "Humpy", but it 's never that- way to small, way to short needles, way to little growth- just max. 1 inch a year... So i called it "Mini Humpy" by myself (the only other relatively available Humpy sport here in germany), but with your very eyeopening pics of so many other Humpy sports i really had to know your expert opinion.

Could it be 'Minima Kalous', because of the sometimes a little broadened/ flattened needles?

Thanks very much and kind regards,

Andreas (just click on the foto to enlarge it, it's loaden here in the forum)

Wait, when the buds are finished, 'Minima Kalous' have a typical white resinous buds.

See previous post 's Coniferjoy.

It looks like 'Humpy' to me Andreas. When did you plant it out? As the needles may just be short as it works on root production. The obvious other plant it could be is 'Humpy WB' but yours looks a little rangier.

I have it for four years now, with one and a half year out in the garden now. The buds are white and resinous, but not this white and resinous like in Coniferjoys pic.

When it's a true 'Humpy', it must have been half- starved in the little pot in which i bought it :(...

Best thing to do is wait until next season and see if it starts to reveal it's true self a bit more. By then it should have it's roots down. The main thing is that it looks very healthy now so the difficult part is over really.