Nice pictures Ken!
You showed us a picture of your Pinus strobus 'Soutbridge'.
In another subject of this forum called "Picea omorika 'Pendula Snezna' Warren mentioned that Pinus strobus 'Soutbridge (Variegated') isn't a Pinus strobus cultivar but probably a Pinus flexilis cultivar.
I recognize some flexilis in this picture also cause the other day I cut some scionwood of a Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid' which have the same characteristics as this 'Soutbridge (Variegated')
So it could be Pinus flexilis 'Soutbridge (Variegated')
Also mentioned is that it could be a cultivar of Pinus strobiformis but I'm not familiar with this plant...

hey CJoy .... thx for the kind words ....

i dont see a reference to it in the Pendula Snezna post

would you be so kind as to find me a link for the reference

thx

ken

Hey Ken,

I'm not so familiar how to link this message of Warren but I can tell you it's the latest message in the 6th column.

Thanks for those pics!!

I love that Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Aurea' - gotta get one of those!

Tell me more about Picea pungens 'Otto van Bismarck' - is that a shrub type, or does it form a leader? Very nice. Also any information you have on the Picea glauca 'Fort Ann', which is very funky, cool and unusual looking! That Pinus nigra 'Oregon Green' is also to die for!

My wish list keeps getting larger, and larger, and LARGER....

K4

Hello Ken

This is from Darren that wath coniferjoy tell you.

A colleague that I know very, very well Joe Stupka named a plant Pinus strobus Southbridge Variegated. This plant is not strobus it is flexilis with the possibility that it is strobiformis. An older plant about to cone in Clinton, Iowa should resolve any doubt in the next year. I've asked Joe about it and he just shrugs his shoulders, "I found it in a parking lot with some white pine". But I highly doubt this name will ever be corrected. Many plant cultivars are mixed up with in the genus of Picea bicolor (alcoquiana) and Picea jezoensis. Some of these cultivars belong in the latter but I doubt that will change any time soon.

Hi Ken
Thanks for the pics, they look great. I was wondering...your
Picea glauca 'Fort Anne' , approx how old would that be ? Awesome looking conifer.

Hi Ken,
Loving your pictures. Interesting appearance and growth of the Picea abies 'Wingle's Weeper'. Quite distinctive!

can anyone name the tree Picea omorika 'Schneverdingen' is under ... based on the leaves ....

fort anne ... 4 years old or so ... you should be able to tell the growth rate pretty easily on that one.. got it from girards .... at the size of my stock.. cant see much difference between it and p. g. snake

otto Bismarck .... another pungens... time will tell how it is different than others.. though it seems to hold good blueness ....

obt. aurea... i have gone through about 6 of them.. to get this one that scoofs at zone 5 ... many just died outright... you ought to see its sister plant .. pic below ... why one nearly died.. and the other didnt.. no clue ...I THINK it might have to do with where they were grown .... e.g. bringing zone 7 or 8 stock .. that first winter can be a bit of a shock ....

and the ones i bought ball and burlap.. larger.. mostly died.. whereas smaller potted stock ...was easier to acclimate .. and plant.. so digging and transplant shock might be an issue ...

is there much difference between aurea and cham obt crisppi??

thx guys.. whether it is strobus or flexilus.. i dont care ... both thrive for me .... will await the decision of the experts.. when it cones ....

wingles.. has made a 80 turn away from the camera angle ... i think its time to give up on the stake.. and let it get weirder .... which means... it will now go vertical.. now that i have given up trying to keep it vertical ... lol ...

geo wash is really going yellow for the first time... the pic doesnt do it justice ...

i think i hit all the ???'s

ken

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Great pictures Ken. Like K4, I am drooling over half of these images. Fortunately for me, I have a small amount of land and an even smaller amount of available land. K4, you're in sooo much trouble lol...

Fire - I'm making an appointment with a therapist now...

..must...resist.....temptation........(UGH!!).............

...............must......burn.........credit cards...........

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......no use!! I don't have a match!

Ken, how does your Sitka spruce hold up?

-James

Hi Ken,

Nice pictures-as always. When did you take those pictures? Is there really no snow cover at the moment?

I was wondering how long you have had your P. sitch. Virgata and where you got it from? I am gaining more and more confidence with this species and its cultivars for this zone. I wouldn't mind experimenting with a few more varieties.

Darren

Picea sitchensis 'Virgata' and papoose do just fine for me in my z5 .... and another that is escaping me right now ...

apparently contrary to the collective wisdom of the experts ...

and i do NOT have them in any z5 micro which is really a 6 ...

the only upside MIGHT be snow cover ... but i cant say for sure that that has been consistent since they arrived ...

virigata... opened the box from SS ... and the single terminal bud had been knocked off in shipping ... cursed.. then planted it.. and hoped for the best .... somehow it rebudded ... though has struggled.. no recall if it had to skip a season regenerating the bud ...

all that said.. i am sure all of them will die this winter.. lol ...

ken