its that simple.. ???!!!!

crikey man.. learn something new everyday ...

and to think.. its 35 past noon [i dont know the metric equivalent] ....

and now i have to go back to bed.. so i can learn something new tomorrow ...

lol

thx for the pix.. and the lesson ...

ken

Picea engelmannii 'Magoo' with cones.

Fairly young cultivar.

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Dave

Clément my friend, thank you very much for this helpful info!
I'll check on some others tomorrow.

Dave, it's Picea engelmannii 'Blue Magoo'...
It was found ans introduced by the Buchholz Nursery.

Interesting tidbit, the owner of Suncrest Gardens in Carlisle, PA told me a conifer expert visited his garden who could tell those 2 apart simply by their fragrance.

To whoever selected it, when will we see Picea 'Warrior'? That was a cool looking plant.

ans = and ;0)

David, the 'Warrior was found by another friend of mine, the Conifer Crazy from Iowa, Dennis Hermsen.

Thanks Clement!

Here is Picea engelmannii 'Warrior' - it's been a difficult plant to graft. Hope to eventually get a stock plant going with more vigorous growth. This scion was grafted in spring 2011.

Picea pungens 'Whipsnap'
(I had previously thought this was engelmannii. Glabrous twigs confirmed with magnifying glass.)

And now for Picea pungens "Whipsnap" the colour of scales confirm.
Clement

Nate, I guess you've to check your 'Weston Sprite' as well...

Edwin, unfortunately I had no takes from the Weston Sprite. Sounds like the signs are pointing toward pungens instead of engelmannii.

Nate and Edwin a photo of my Picea pungens Weston Sprite

Henk, are you sure it's a Picea pungens?
We received it as Picea engelmannii...

Yes, the scales are like a pungens.
Clement

Ok, then I saw it right when I checked on this one.
That's why I asked Nate to check on his one as well.
To bad that he didn't succeed in propagating it...
Here is mine:
Picea pungens 'Weston Sprite'

This post was edited by coniferjoy on Tue, May 21, 13 at 13:23

We already know 'Bush's Lace' to be engelmannii from cone ID, but yesterday I saw a conelet on my specimen, + the bud scales were ready for photographing.

Picea engelmannii 'Bush's Lace'

Picea engelmannii 'Bush's Lace'

Dax

This post was edited by gardener365 on Tue, May 21, 13 at 8:27

Dax, nice conelet!
Any chance to cross it with some male pollen of a special Picea?

Yeah, the cone looks great!

Thanks Henk and Edwin for the Weston Sprite pics, it's very interesting to see the form of this broom!

Nate, you're welcome!
Maybe you can give it another try to graft it again comming winter.
So to see there are planty of scions on the original broom...

Is that pic of the 'Warrior' recently taken?
Is this the first time that it flushes with new growth?

I couldn't find any engelmann pollen. I will look for pungens pollen today.

Dax

Edwin, this is the first time new growth has flushed since the tree was planted out in summer '11.

The weaker growth at the top is what appeared after grafting in spring '11, when the plant was under artificial light in the basement.

The pic is recent, taken less than a week ago.

Here is the bud when it first appeared last year, in June 2012.

Thanks for sharing that helpful tip Clement.

Dan

Too bad 'Warrior' takes so long to start growing. Now I'm worried...how to do we know the photograph of the original plant in the wild isn't showing a plant > 1000 years old. I'm not going to live that long!
Here is the original 'Warrior' thread with pictures of the full-sized plant:

Here is a link that might be useful: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/conif/msg0710525532486.html

This post was edited by davidrt28 on Sun, May 26, 13 at 13:57