Yes, it's well a cultivar of Picea glehnii.
Like some other :JD's Dwarf,Yosawa,
Cl�ment

Picea glehnii

Picea glehnii

Picea jezoensis

Picea jezoensis Chitosemaru (my opinion)
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Foliage of Chitosemaru
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Dax

I didn't see your post Clement. So I am wrong, yes??

Dax

Yeah, I'm wrong. Here is more information, yet:

Picea glehnii 'Chitosu-maru' incorrectly sold as 'Chitosa Nana' (same plant under two different names)

Another glehnii cultivar, Picea glehnii 'Landis'
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Photos courtesy of clement 2006 and kbguess.

Dax

Dax wrote :
Picea jezoensis Chitosemaru (my opinion)
Picea glehnii 'Chitosu-maru' incorrectly sold as 'Chitosa Nana' (same plant under two different names)

In first time it's jezoensis and in 2th it's glehnii..?
+ Picea glehnii "Landis"
I know Picea jezoensis "Landis" but not glehnii "Landis"
About "Chitosemaru"-"Chitosa Nana"- "Chitosu maru" it's not jezoensis. But Picea glehnii.
See on my 2th photo :Picea glehnii the typical buds,with resin white/purple and the twigs colour.
Clement

I'll need to change the name of my "Landis" photo to jezoenensis.

The first photo of "Chitosemaru" I saw this summer in a garden in Iowa, not related to the second photo which "kbguess" has in his garden.

kbguess plant you said a while ago was a glehnii. He purchased it as jezoensis 'Chitosa Nana' which = "Picea glehnii Chitosemaru"

Is all correct now Clement? assuming there now is a glehnii and a jezoensis both called "Chitosemaru"

Dax

Yes, they are all Picea glehnii's cultivar.
Except "Landis" I don't know.I never see a good photo or a good plant.I don't know why he has selected ?
Clement

What about Picea bicolor? Is it related to jezoensis?

-Sam

NO, NO, NO, ABSOLUTLY NOT.
it's 2 differents species from Japan.
Very different!!!

Cl�ment

All right. Thanks, guys! My plants will now properly be labeled:
Picea glehnii 'Chitosemaru'
&
Picea bicolor 'Howell's Dwarf'

-Sam

Picea jesoensis "Howell's Dwarf"

Clement

Cl�ment

Just to clear up any confusion, I recently bought these plants under the names Picea jezoensis 'Chitosemaru' and Picea alcoquiana (bicolor) 'Howell's Dwarf'. Are either or both of these names incorrect, and, if so, what SHOULD they be? Thanks a bunch..

Sam Pratt

Picea alcoquiana (bicolor) 'Howell's Dwarf'

& Picea jezoensis 'Chitosemaru'

The first are Picea JESOENSIS 'Howell's Dwarf'

The second are:Picea GLEHNII 'Chitosemaru'
CLEMENT

Okay, thanks Clement. You are awesome. I will now be able to sleep well at night, knowing the plants are properly labeled.

-Sam

Hi Clément,

Somehow missed this before . . .

"Picea jesoensis, for comparison.
Clement"

What is the origin of that plant? Going by the cones and needles, I am wondering if it might not be a Picea jezoensis ÃÂ Picea sitchensis hybrid.

Resin

Resin,
My plant come from a nursery, (with the correct name). Grafted, 25/30 years old, in a good ground, she are a stronger plant.It's not a hybrid.
Clément

This is quite a revelation to most of the conifer world, at least here in the U.S., Clement. From the many nursuries and gardens I have seen here it is ALWAYS labled as picea bi-color here in the States. I took these photos today of my specimens:

Bought as Picea bi-color 'Howell's Dwarf'.

Closeup.

Another specimen.

Picea alcoquiana(bi-color), species

Closeup.

-Will

Could all of the nurseries and experts over here really be wrong?

"Could all of the nurseries and experts over here really be wrong?"

Heck yeah, and it's not just here. If dendrologists did the naming from the get-go there might be less confusion, but even that wouldn't eliminate all naming woes (Cupressus nootkatensis comes to mind). Once something is re-identified it takes a very long while for the nursery trade to make the change.

tj

The 3 first photos are Picea jesoensis "Howell's Dwarf" .
Picea bicolor (= alcoquiana) are right.

I hope you see the difference between the 2.twigs, colour,buds,needles section.........
Clément
PS: please sudy the species before the cultivars.
It's the same problem with Picea glauca and mariana
I'm disapointed, it's SO EASY !