Great plants, Dax--all of them.
A few new ones in the garden.
Pinus nigra 'Black Prince'
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Pinus thunbergii 'Ogi'
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Pinus jeffreyi 'Joppi'

Pinus koraiensis

Larix gmelinii 'Romberg Park'
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Saxegothaea conspicua

Tsuga diversifolia 'Loowit'

Cedrus brevifolia 'Kenwith'

Abies nebrodensis 'Sicilian Gold' (my all-time favorite)
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-Sam

-Excellent Sam.

Thanks!

Dax

Great pics, guys. I really like Sicilian Gold and Loowit. And Romberg Park.

Here's a nice fat cone I found today. It's on Abies koreana 'Blue Magic' which I have (3) of these of and (2) have a cone forming. Sure am glad I collected pollen from Abies koreana 'Wellenseind'. You can see the pollen on the cone.

Abies koreana 'Blue Magic'
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Abies koreana 'Blue Magic'
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Picea orientalis 'Gowdy Gold'

Dax

Fantastic! I've never seen a cone on such a young graft!
I wonder what the children will look like? Keep us posted next spring.

-Sam

Wow, nice cone on the Abies koreana 'Blue Magic' and I like the Pinus thunbergii 'Ogi' too.

Picea glauca 'Densata' (my first Picea to really leaf out) and spring color of Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode'

(quite a change compared to this past winter)
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Back to this spring.
Pinus aristata dwarf, Jerry Morris selection

Picea abies 'Dundaga'

Picea abies 'Pendula' cone

Picea pungens 'Globosa'

Nate, thanks. 'Dundaga' looks interesting. Don't know 'Densata' - I wonder if it is just a good (black hills spruce) cultivar -- named pre-1959 when cultivar names were allowed to be Latin..... could be. Save a scion of that aristata for me!

Tonite's late sun photos:

Fagus sylvatica 'Aurea Pendula' - morning sun only - a must (dappled mostly-shade otherwise). Worth showing:

Cedrus libani seedling

Cedrus libani seedling

Cedrus libani seedling

Picea omorika 'Gotelli Weeping'

Picea omorika 'Gotelli Weeping'

Picea abies 'Sherrie'
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Picea pungens 'RM 222'

Picea pungens 'RM 222'

Pinus banksiana 'Compacta'

Dax

Dax, you're right about 'Densata', it's not a cultivar but a natural variety.
The true name is Picea glauca var. densata.

That Pinus heldreichii 'Banderica' looks awesome, it's on my wishinglist ;0)

Watch out with the lawn mower that you'll not cut off the Picea glauca 'Terry's Variegated' which is a rare gem if you ask me.

Nate your blue Picea pungens 'Globosa' is more known under Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa' which is a Dutch seedling selection.
'R.H. Montgomery' is the U.S. variant which is pretty simular if not the same...

wishinglist has been updated.

Cheers,

Dax

Wow I'm loving that Tsuga diversifolia 'Loowit'! I was hoping to pick one up at a plant sale last weekend but they were sold out. Are diversifolia just as shade tolerant as the canadensis?

"Are diversifolia just as shade tolerant as the canadensis?"

Pretty much so, but zone 4 may be a bit tough on them. I picked a small 'Loowit' up two weeks ago for $8.99 at Minor's down here. It was part of their "Fanciful Gardens" bunch from Iseli.

tj

Thanks TJ. I'll have to keep Minor's in mind the next time I'm in the area. I live in the Madison area and currently have two Tsuga canadensis that are doing fine but they've only been through one winter so far.

How much heat and sun can the Tsuga diversifolia 'Loowit' take?

My plant is in Zone 8ish.. in shade, but it would be just fine in sun. It may suffer sun scorch if it's intense sun, but you'd probably be good.

-Sam