http://hanutkowo.cba.pl/galeria/var/albums/Picea/Picea-omorika/Picea omorika Hradec Kralove.jpg?m=1372062418

I had it on English.....but it didn't work.
Named after a town in the Czech Republic...there's some serious broom hunters over there....

This has been one of my favorites as well. It's great to see the little 4" Stanley's grow from nothing to a real plant, almost more rewarding than starting with a larger plant.

The plant appears to reveal more of the silvery undersides of the needles better than other cultivars.

Like you, I stuck my little graft straight into the ground. I prefer to up-pot but have done many direct-to-ground with no problems; I usually do this only in the fall though.

A shot of mine. Has only been in the ground for a little over 2 years now.

most of my 4" plants last year did fine all year

but over winter , allmost all burned,,,lost 2 , 13 survived

2 ,omorika burned only slightly

ron

I have a nice one which I bought in a 4” pot two years ago. I knew nothing about “pot up” rules so I planted it directly in the ground and though it’s not a very good photo because it doesn’t stand out much from its background, I think it is going to be quite a nicely shaped plant.