There are really some great cultivars there. Some I've not seen before so am assuming they are not over here yet. The whole area looks fantastic.
Cher

I think it looks great. An inviting welcome to your nursery. What is the tallest blue spruce we can see?
Richard

super!!!!

do the rocks serve any purpose.. or just decorative???

ken

Edwin,

Great remodel.

My favorite: 'JM3C'

Ken..."do the rocks serve any purpose.. or just decorative"

Lame question.

About the same as telling the guy how to transplant a conifer. Lame response. LOL

Dave

They are adorable!

Great selection. Drooling just looking at them.love the JM3C

Picea pungens 'RM 250 Special' for green & 'Volga Volga' for a metallic sheen are my favourite ones. Superb Edwin!

I'm speechless, Joy. That first pic is just glorious!

Barb

me lame.. thats the pot calling the kettle black .. lol ..

when the kids were toddlers .. younger.. i did many things to mark TINY plants.. that might get covered by snow.. so as to avoid having them crush each and every one of them with their snow boots ...

i doubt that is joy's intent ...

and i have also been known .. to place a rock.. under which i have a plant tag ... especially when the tag is twice as big as the plant.. lol ... the rock and the tag go on the north side of the plant. .. for predictability .... and that way i know there is a tag under it .. again ... a kid thing.. in case they pull out the label .. after all.. just about ONLY joy.. can name them on sight ...

but you never know where you might pick up a new garden idea ...

so i asked ... mr smarty pants ...

ken

ps: now he will say.. 'because they look pretty' .. and i will have wasted all this typing.. lol ...

Ken,

"Mr.Smarty Pants" a name only my wife has the rights too.

Your idea with the rocks is initiative and I would have never thought of that. I guess your one up on me now.

Have a good one.

Dave

edwin, what type of grove is on the other side of the fence in the first picture? your conifers look happy... even though ken would say that is not possible :)

Nice tour. That's a great idea, a garden (or nusery) area themed around one particular species.

My favorites are 'Daisy Waters' and 'Volga-Volga', and 'RM 250 Special' is really nice too.

Excellent selections, but where is 'Burl'?

Dax

Beautiful Edwin! I've noticed you have planted other areas of your pinetum with patterns as well. If I remember omorikas together, mugos together etc. I personally like this kind of planting. I liked it in Richard's photos as well, seeing a bunch of omorikas side by side.
I like 'Porcupine'. Does it stay porstrate?

Fotis

A nice entrance and display to what is no doubt one of the best nurseries in all of Europe. Looks like some wood has been flying around a bit! :)

-Will

I hope I pass this entrance myself before this JM3C is 2 meters tall! lol...

Fotis

Excellent stuff, indeed!
I would really like to see 'Olo' introduced to the US soon...

-Sam

Thanks for your nice comments.

Cher, a lot of Picea pungens cultivars were found in the U.S. but also many were found in Europe as well.
It's possible that some European finds are not availlable in the U.S. yet, but some are on their way to get there...

Richard, the tallest blue spruce in this area is the Picea pungens 'Blue Mountain'

Ken, the ROCKS are for decoration only, you know Picea pungens is the Colorado spruce from the ROCKY Mountains, I'm trying to make them feel at home a bit ;0)

mmajicmann, there's no grove at the other side of the fence.
Those are pollard willows which are standing on both sides of the road.
The road is a bit higher up so it's not clearly visuable...

Alex and Fotis, my whole Pinetum area is themed around with one particular species.
I've done this for cultivars comparison and it's easy for me to which direction I've to go when I need to cut scions for propagation :0)

Dax, 'Burl' isn't around at this moment, may be it will be in a couple of years...

Fotis, the 'Porcupine' is a real tight and very slow growing dwarf.
I guess my specimen is about 10 years old (20 x 20cm) and comming winter the first scions will be cutt off for propagation.

The 'JM3C' will never get the chance to get 2 metres tall, it will serve as a motherplant and all useable scions will be cut off when the time is there, however it will never be my attention to destroy the shape of this specimen...

On the other hand, untouched it will take at least a 100 years before it will reach 2 metres.
I guess we will not be around here any longer then ;0)

Very very nice corner, Edwin! My favorites - 'Daisy Waters' - because i love it's unusual for pungens pale lime color and 'Filip's Good Spirit' - nice kittenish foliage....

Now, in the winter, I kept thinking about my next Pinetums concept and composition. (Work will begin in the spring:). I had an idea that needs to be planted together the same plant species. Now I see that it really is wonderful. Good looks and also all plants have the same requirements for growth environment.

Although I will not make so big beds. But groups of 3-5 trees. Thanks for the inspiration!

Does not resent that I steal your idea:)))))

Ireena

How long has 'Olo' been around?

Dax

Ireena, I'm very glad that I gave you some inspiration for your new to build Pinetum.
Now you have plenty of time to think how to build it, in spring you can bring all this in practise :0)

Dax, the 'Olo' is about 8 years old and is now 15x15cm.
May be comming winter I can cut off a few scions from this one for propagation, for the first time, boy these will be tiny...

It's an awesome plant. My question was however, when was it first found and what does its broom shape like? Is there a larger plant to be seen or broom photo?

Dax

Real nice! You can never have too much pungens, especially the dwarfs.

I've always been partial to the texture and color of Picea pungens 'Mecki'.

Dax, the 'Olo' was found as a seedling in 1994 by Mr. Aleksander Sudra from Poland.

This is the biggest specimen I ever saw of this cultivar.

Awesome.

Thanks Edwin and Zsoltster,

Dax