Can't help with any plant info, it's all too murky for me. But, on the second picture, are those roots I see exposed around the base of the plant?

tj

Try to search for Picea pungens Mecki...

Hi tj. Nice one.What you are seeing at the base are coconut fibres from a round pad wich came with the container.(Kind of matting to slow down evaporation & keep weeds down.) T.

Quite the cutie it is! Did you find it? Here's a link to copy and paste:

http://www.nasto-symphonie.de/index.php?Itemid=2&func=detail&id=143&option=com_ponygallery

Found quite a few pics through Google search -- but no substantive articles. Here's a link to a series of photos:www.tomszak.pl

Thanks all.Apparently this cultvar is called 'Mecky'.With a y instead of i .As in Mystery.How on earth did I know this????? T.
PS It is said to be a dwarf.

> Apparently this cultvar is called 'Mecky'

MeckI !!!

OK Kleckas, I give in . Two against one...no chance. Thanks again!T.

"What would Dax do"....is my line of thinking. So checked the ACS database and it's not there.
Next, to Google;
154 results for 'Mecki'
351 for 'Mecky'
...you be the judge.

I know it seems like I have too much free time, but recently went "cold turkey" off of craigslist (ouch). Plus still too wet and cold to go outside....

Barbara

I wrote 'MeckIIIIIiiiii'... and afterwards(!) started thinking - why?

To tell the truth, aprx. one year ago I was investigating this question and made a conclusion - Mecki!

Now I have the problem - to remember WHY I made this conclusion...

Sorry... Kleckas

Our local Blue Spruce expert is conspicuous by his absence.What is going on in those rolling hills of lovely Dorset???
Don't worry Kleckas, you put us on the right track first time round.
Thanks for the research,Barbara-we'll find out sooner or later! T.

From ACS database: They call it a miniature and later a dwarf??? I don't see dark green foliage in the ACS photo. Color and growth habit similar to yours you posted.

Dave

Index #: 101757
Botanical Name: Picea abies 'Merkii'
Plant Patent#:
Common Name: Norway Spruce
Status: Established, Registration Unknown - ' ' added.
Origin: Unknown
Form: Broad Upright or Oval
Size: Miniature: Color: Dark Green
USDA Zone: 4 (-30 to -20 F / -34.4 to -28.9 C)
Description:
(Distinctive
characteristics.) An old selection of Norway Spruce which is a dwarf compact irregular pyramid form that often forms multiple leaders with dark green foliage.
Introduction:
(Who was first to
intro and when?) 1884 - Beissner
Publication:
(Date and location
of publications.) World Checklist of Conifers, by Welch and Haddow 1993
Submitted By:
(And source info.) (Barger); Robert A. Obrizok - A Garden of Conifers: Introduction and Selection Guide; Second edition (1994); Capability's Books.
Revision Date: 03/30/2003

Here is a link that might be useful: Picea a. 'Merki'

Listed by sites appearing to be made in a Slavic country as 'Mecky', as is a Thuja occidentalis 'Mecky'. So it's probably from there.

First thing to clear up: are we looking for a Picea abies or Picea pungens?

It is without a doubt pungens.The confusion may have arisen because of two very similar cv. names applied to two different species.OR someone mis-read a label somewhere along the line.T.

>Listed by sites appearing to be made in a Slavic country as 'Mecky', as is a Thuja occidentalis 'Mecky'.

According to W. Erhardt, Thuja occidentalis 'Mecki' was introduced by Kordes Jungpflanzen. They call it Mecki, not Mecky...

Here is a link that might be useful: Kordes Jungpflanzen