To show something of what they're capable of . . . ;-)
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50-55m tall

Resin

Will, they're all beauties!!!! fantastic collection!!!!! Jim

oOh wow - they look great. I wish I could see your fantastic gardens in person!

Alexa

'Sugarloaf'. A pretty unusual, semi-open dwarf.

'Compacta'. That's good color!

-Will

Will, are you sure that the 'Compacta' is a true Picea sitchensis cultivar.
It looks to me more like a Picea engelmannii 'Compacta'.

Nope not sure by any means Edwin. I've never seen a sitchensis 'Compacta' anywhere and I *have* seen engelmannii 'Compacta', which it does closely resemble.

I'll have to make a post later this Summer of 'kind of unknowns' to which I have at least a dozen plants. I can guess, and have some ideas to their true name, but I need experts like you, Clement, Bob, Blue, Henk, etc. to reveal the truth.

For me it's also Picea engelmannii "Compacta"
But certainly not a Picea sitchensis.
Clément

My Picea sitchensis "Sugarloaf"
Not very semi open, but compact.
Clément

Thanks Clement! Your gardens are like a conifer encylopedia. For my own plants, some of the more lesser known conifers I am mostly estimating habit based on 2-3 years of observing them. Hardly a good practice!

Hopefully you can take a few dozen(thousand?!!) photos and share some of your amazing conifers with the world.

-Will

Picea sitchensis "Foxtail"

Picea sitchensis "Speciosa"

Clément

Naming of 'Foxtail' and 'Iseli Foxtail' spruces liable to be problematic at times.

Not a problem at all because 'Iseli Foxtail' (Picea pungens) is very common, while 'Foxtail' (Picea sitchensis) is very rare...
The're no problems either with the 'Golden this' and the 'Golden that' and the're a lot of them!

Digging up a few old galleries, I'll try to spread them out though as to not take over the forum!

Picea sitchensis 'Silberzwerg'. Looks similar to 'Papoose' so far, though I know they are different.

-Will