There are a whole lot of very fine pix here. Thank you folks. If we ever get warm enough, I hope to post as well. Likely June at this rate.

tj

Great mugos Dax, though I have seen 'Kaktus' labelled as uncinata.

You must be stir crazy TJ, but I guess April is still late winter in places.

Another of mine

Pinus flexilis 'Piute'
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The Pinus mugo 'Carl Fricard' looks great! Glad to see things are waking up there, Dax.

Severnside, that's a nice Pinus flexilis 'Piute' specimen.

Thanks guys. Tom I hope spring makes it your way asap. I've been watching bud break for a couple weeks here. A coldest winter on record for all of us since 92' I suppose.

'Kaktus' looks mugo, at least to me. 'Maja' I've seen as: pseudopumilio, uncinata, and mugo. I don't know which it is.

You guys have some really clear shots. I was just walking up to the mailbox and snapped a few quick ones.

Dax

All great photos!

This is one of mine:
Abies koreana 'Verdener Dom'

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Pinus nigra `Aurea`

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Pinus heldreichii `Atzes Saeule`

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Picea abies `Bohemica Pendula`

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Picea abies `Push`

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Pinus sylvestris `Trollguld`

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Pinus mugo `Humphy`

Hope you enjoy.
JOANDRE

This post was edited by JOANDRE on Sun, May 18, 14 at 3:12

Hello JOANDRE, I search for 1 picea abies "Araucana" from many years, please have you a source for me ?
I'm in Belgium.
Clement

Clement,
Picea abies Araucaroides is a very old hungarian cultivar.

Araucaroides
(Beissn. 1905) Mesterházy 2010 in Conifer Treasury
1905 Saaghy in Kamoni Arboretum, Szombathely HUN
A very strong growing, rugh, rustic tree with few branchlets and few buds. Looks like a framework, or an Araucaria.
Dariusz Burdan in Poland has elder exemplars of this one.
Zsolt

Hello Clement,

as Zsolt mentioned right, my suorce of this plant was Burdan Nursery in Poland.

I saw a medium plant there in the nursery. It was a very characteristic plant and i wanted one also;-)

Regards
JOANDRE

You have many very special plants JOANDRE, please keep us updated on them.

Brilliant picture of Abies Koreana 'Verdener Dom' cones Lio. Thanks!

Spring has finally arrived here in the Northeast.
Picea abies 'Mucronata'

Picea omorika 'Peve Tijn'

Pinus contorta 'Frisian Gold'

Abies pinsapo 'Glauca'

Abies koreana 'Fruhlingsgold'

joandre, I guess its time to start a private mailing between us. Please.
Zsolt

Great pictures Maple, glad your spring has arrived!

Some more

Abies lasiocarpa 'Alpine Beauty'
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Abies lasiocarpa 'Kyles' Alpine'
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Abies lasiocarpa 'Beth Mini' (from Stephen Grubb)
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Nice Liopleurodon, Joandre, Alex, and Severnside!

Picea glauca 'Ketch Harbor'
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Picea pungens 'Mamut Torony'
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Picea pungens 'Pendula'

Pinus sylvestris 'Gold Coin'

Pinus banksiana 'Al Johnson'

Pinus banksiana 'Al Johnson'

Great pictures Nate & Garen59

The Picea pungens 'Mamut Torony' - WOW! - I Googled some images and Zsolt's 'Organic Conifering 4' thread shows the beast itself. Your macro shot is quite the teaser.

Here is a link that might be useful: Organic Conifering 4

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Alongside the 'Mamut Torony' pictures in Google Images was one of Picea pungens 'Sanctuary' a similarly very impressive specimen. What's the story behind that one Nate? Was it previously named? Did you successfully propogate some scions?

Final question - did you have success with the P.mugo 'Schweizer Tourist'? I still keep an eye out for one here, so far in vain.

Here is a link that might be useful: Winter 2011 Grafting update II

Abies lasiocarpa 'Prickly Pete'
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Wow, this thread is really starting to pick up steam. Great photos everybody!

Severnside, your lasiocarpas are extremely fine!

Here are a couple more photos.

Larix kaempferi 'Grey Pearl'

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Pinus sylvestris 'Jeremy'

Thanks Severnside! The 'Prickly Pete' looks great.

I like the larch too, Alex!

Here is P.mugo 'Schweizer Tourist'
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P. pungens 'Sanctuary' graft. I spotted that tree in a cemetery while driving in to town one day, and decided to call it Sanctuary.
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Garen, the banksiana Al Johnson is really taking off!

Here is a time lapse of a P. contorta flower.

April 17, April 29, and May 8
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Thanks Maple! Great pics yourself there. I've recently seen a large Larix broom on top of a tree which I'll try and get a picture of.

Sluice, good to see your 'Schweizer Tourist' it's a really attractive plant that I hope I will get one day.

The P.p 'Mamut Torony' & 'Sanctuary' would make an impressive pairing in a big enough setting. Great that you have both of them.

So many great pictures here that I would frame and hang on the wall as artwork.

Those pungens are amazing.

Here's a few from today.

Pinus mugo 'Carstens'

Picea abies 'Summer Daze' with it's first sort of cone thing kind of. =)

Pinus thunbergii 'Thunderhead'

Picea omirika 'Peve Tijn'

That is a strange looking cone on your 'Summer daze' Garen. The green bracts (?) look like new growth. Nice though.

Few more

Abies koreana 'Brilliant'
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Picea sitchensis 'Papoose'
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Pinus mugo 'Piggelmee'
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Abies lasiocarpa 'Logan Pass'
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Picea abies 'Pusch'

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GREAT pictures Starterdude, that middle one looks like a rose. Beautiful.

Another cone

Abies koreana 'Gait'
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Those last 4 photos are simply awesome. Okay, now I realy need to buy a good camera rather than taking pictures with my phone. The depth of field and those macro shots, gorgeous!

Don't be so sure Garen, your 'Summer Daze' pic takes some beating. Easily on a par with Frank's fantastic 'Pusch'.

Pinus mugo 'Hulk'
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Great pics alltogether!!!!!

Severnside, i like your Abies koreana `Gait` and Starterdude, incredible pics of your `Push`.

Here are some other from my garden.

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Picea orientalis `Sulphur Flush`

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Abies koreana `Blauer Eskimo`

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Picea abies `Hliza`

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Picea abies `Parsoni WB`

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Great plants there JOANDRE. Thanks for posting.

Cedrus libani 'Green Prince' 4th season of growth.
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Pinus ayacahuite "Masonic Village"....."Hopefully" pollinated by Pinus stylesii with Cerro Potosi, Neuvo Leon, Mexico provenance.

Johnny

Cedrus libani 'Green Prince' is such cool one. Sadly I lost mine this year to the cold winter

For fun here's a 40 year old 'Green Prince' growing at Buchholz and Buchholz. With time even slow growers can get big =)

That's some exotic manipulation Conifer50. Great pic.

Wow Garen, that must be the biggest GP I've seen pictured. It certainly seems to speed up as it gets older, mine is still in the very slow period for now. Thanks for posting that. Sorry you lost yours, the winter toll across the US collectors is not far short of catastrophic.

Nice! I like the Summer Daze, Pusch, Hulk, Blauer Eskimo, Masonic Village cone, and Green Prince!

Picea abies 'Golden Beskid'
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Pinus contorta 'Frisian Gold'
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Here is another micro. Pinus sylvestris 'Gold Coin'

Frank

Great pics! Wow that 'Gold Coin' close up is simply incredible. It must be only 5-6mm across. Stunning.

Pinus longaeva 'Schulman Grove'
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