Thanks for chiming in matt w , I have seen your history , you have lots to offer...DON'T HOLD BACK

What is that last one ?

ron

Hi Ron - thanks. I have a relatively immature garden but I have big ambitions and the land to work with (8 acres). The last picture is Cryptomeria japonica 'Black Dragon'

Ron, you’re right - the mulch is all in the same direction!

Little guy needs to be planted but Pusch showing off the famous red.

Signs of spring started about a month or so ago in Southern CA.

C'mon, LL, that's not fair! ;)

Ron and Will are comedians
I'm so busted....

LL, southern cal is looking amazing!

LOL, sorry maackia

Spring here in the NC Piedmont has been as close to perfect as it gets. Cool temps and weekly rain has everything happy... including the perennial weeds.

Dragging my feet on the compost and mulching though.

Out of all the photos I just uploaded this one is the only one that didn’t end up sideways. But I guess it shows spring in all of its glory here.

What’s flowering in the background? Malus? Cornus?

Maackia, they are Cornus florida

Though this isn’t a conifer, I’m probably most excited to see this Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Esk Sunset’ begin to leaf out. Especially considering it was basically a nursery freebie B&B, that was suffering from having a root flare that was buried 4 inches too deep.

Last year I got bit by the conifer bug - bad. I planted 33 different trees. I may have lost 3 of them, but a couple of them may have been bad trees to begin with. I had never really noticed how conifers grow, so I am very excited to observe them closely this spring.

Metasequoia glypt. Bonsai

P parv. Regenhold Broom

P parv Tenysu Kazu

P pumila - surprised the candles grew so quickly on this one. According to Dawes Arb. it has only grown to 6' x 4' in 20 years.

P sylv. Nisbet's Gold - was much more yellow in the winter.

P abies Perry's Gold - I'm trying not to worry about the bare branches as I just planted it last fall (on the windward side) and hoping it will eventually get covered up. Wasn't expecting a red cone either.

I don’t have many conifers, but here goes:

Pinus strobus ‘John’s Find’

Pinus densiflora ‘Oculus draconis’

Picea abies ‘Elegantissima’, and then a few spring beauties...

Claytonia virginica

Erythronium americanum

I’ve no clue why some of these are sideways, sigh.

if you find out why they are sideways IndianaGardenGirl, please spread the knowledge.

Signs of spring? It's just about over here! :-)

I'm having a hard time remembering a more glorious spring. Perfect temperatures, regular rain in-between brilliantly sunny days, no mosquitoes. Perhaps God is offering up a gift to us given the state of affairs in the world. In any case, my 'Icebreaker:'

Pacific NW

Dawes reopened last week for members. YEA!

McConnell's Gold

Tanima No Yuki

Vargguld

rubra-spicata

I noticed cones coming on Picea glauca yesterday.

How is zone 3 ahead of zone 5? 😆

yes depressing for May 20th

Although I’m feeling good about 4” of rain after 1” over a 45 day period.

Spotted Gold Drift cones

Little guys still waiting for planting - had most since March!

What a gorgeous property you have there! Can't wait to see your gardens!!!

Whaas - just curious why you haven't planted yet since you have had most since March. Seems like getting them in the ground back then would have allowed root growth, etc.

Property looks nice for a nice garden. Have you already laid out future plans or is that yet to come?

A couple more...Picea pungens ‘Spring Blast’, Gold Drift, Picea orientalis ‘Bergman’s Gem’, and Picea abies ‘Biggie’

Picea orientalis 'Spring Frost'

Pinus x schwerinni 'Wiethorst', Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow', Picea eng. 'Bush's Lace', Acer palmatum 'Illinois Sunrise'

Larix k. 'Diana'

Acer palmatum 'Purple Ghost', Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns', Pinus mugo 'Chameleon'

Pinus parviflora 'Bergman', Thuja 'Whipcord' on the right, Picea abies 'Murconata' on the left.

Pinus contorta 'Willow Creek' and Picea omorika 'Berlinger WB'

Pinus banksiana 'schoodic', Picea Pungens 'Thume', Picea glauca 'Pendula', Sciadopitys verticillata 'Joe kozey', Larix 'Puli', Picea orientalis 'Lemon Spreader', Acer p. 'Grandma Ghost', Acer p. 'Adrian Compact', Acer p. 'Emerald Lace'

Abies concolor 'Watazii Prostrate'

Pinus mugo 'Filip's Crown Jewel'

Pinus h. 'Mint Truffle'

Abies numundica 'Pendula'

Picea omorika 'Pendula'

Abies concolor 'Hosta LaVista'

Larix k. 'Wolterdingen'

Picea omorika 'Kuck's Weeping'

Wow Matt,

That's a stunning display!

Always nice to see the names posted with the pictures.

I really like the concolor cultivars.

Thanks for posting!

:-)

Very nice Matt. Thanks for sharing!

Since conifers weren't mentioned exclusively, here's an expanding shellbark hickory bud:

Wow is right Matt, you have a collection of amazing cultivars and your gardens look well thought out!
Kudos to you and thanks for the tour
Nicely done!!!

Matt ,VeryVeryVery nice !

ron

your Watazii has the yellow it is supposed to have

It is a nice plant. I have only had it in the ground for about a year. I made a trip up to Gee Farms for that and a lot of my Firs. I'm hoping to get up there again very soon as I am starting another bed with a bunch of the miscleaneous stuff I have sitting around. Probably my favorite Fir right now is the Abies numidica 'Pendula'. I just like the needles, texture and form. I have struggled with Firs, at least getting them established in the hot Ohio summer. I have had some success, but it has also cost me some plants at times as I have zeroed in on how to grow these guys around here. Not photoed yet are several cultivars from A procera, A Koreana, A fraseri, A nordmanniana.

In my new yet-to-be planted bed I have Abies grandis x concolor 'Leuteneggeri', Larix k. 'Diana', Picea a. 'Blue Weeping', Picea o. 'Deruyter', Abies x 'Polson' (?), Picea a. 'Perry's Gold', Picea 'Troemner', Picea o 'Bruns'. Obviously a lot of these are bigger cultivars and will not all go into a bed, but I'm trying to figure out an arrangement for some of them right now. It is on the list to have done in the next 2 weeks.

Picea omorika 'Pendula'

Purchased specimen as a 'tagless' but no doubt it's a 'Pendula' of sorts!

leader always takes lots of twist and turns but finally ends with vertical

aspect and now hovering around 8' !

Johnny

Tsuga canadensis (species) breaking bud.

Quercus ellipsoidalis:

Abies balsamea:

Bill, I take it the Q. ellipsoidalis was purchased or transplanted? They can be fast and it looks like yours has experienced a growth spurt. Does it color up nicely in the fall?

Here’s Pinus uncinata ‘Edelweiss Select’. It’s the last plant (along with the adjacent P. cembra)I obtained from this Duluth, MN, nursery, so it has sentimental value.

Most of my trees are 'woods dug'. You can see the A. balsamea still has an odd shape from being eaten down to a 'stick' by deer when it was very young.

The other Q. ellipsoidalis a few feet away had borer damage last year that killed the leader. Wouldn't you know, that was the better tree in both spring and fall color.

Quercus macrocarpa:

Lilac blooms opening in backround:

Longleaf pine branches & candles.

Picea abies 'Gold Drift'

Cedrus atlantica 'Horstmann'

Abies numidica 'Glauca'

Picea omorika 'Peve Tijn'

Spring is definitely here near Seattle. Some of the colors are so bright they over rode the sensors in the camera. I didn't play with the color.

Mike - your place looks awesome. Great colors. Are those Rhodies and Azaleas?

Mike, that is so ridiculously beautiful I don't know what else to say.

On a more subtle note :-)

Encountered a Jack Pine plantation today (Pinus banksiana). The trees were planted a year ago this spring, after forest fires and logging a couple years ago. They bud capped last fall to prevent deer from destroying the winter buds.

They've already out grown their need for the caps.

Male strobili on a more mature tree along the trail.

Bill, I never heard of a bud cap before....
sounds interesting....

See this secure site: on bud capping white pine

I grow a lot of rhododendrons and azaleas. These are all rhododendrons that are blooming. Blue China Fir behind the Cynthia rhododendron. Japanese maples on either side and a Dawn Redwood in the upper right corner behind a Hinoki and a Nest Spruce on the right side. There's a lawn chair in the middle of the picture under a variegated Pieris japonica.

A work of art, Mike. :-)

Suitable for framing!

Beautiful garden. Mike, I hope you take some time to sit in the chair and enjoy. :)