Picea Pungens 'Kosteri Pendula'

15 years ago

Any one have any information on this cultivar??

Sounds interesting, I like the weeping cultivars and love P. Pungens. Googled for some info and did not find much. Some offer a cultivar named P. Pungens 'Koster'. Is this the same plant. The descriptions given are much different than the one in the link below.

Any info would be great.

Thanks

Jim

Here is a link that might be useful: Kosteri Pendula Link

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
failing specific information ...one can speculate that it ....

should be similar to picea pungens pendula ... or any of the other improper latin names ...

but for, perhaps.. coloration similar to kosteri ...

add in any further info you may glean regarding annual growth rate.. and you should be in the ballpark

unless it is a dwarf [see info about annual growth rate] .. as your link suggests.. based on its 10 growth estimate ....

good luck

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: link
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
google took me to the link....

its there somewhere ..

kn

Here is a link that might be useful: somewhere on the page
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I agree and thanks guys for pointing me in the right direction, I really like the curves compared to my straight lines on the dog bone bed. The curves on the bed connecting the arbor will make my picea pungens 'hoopsii' and Picea glauca 'pendula' really pop! I like this much more than the round circle I had before that made these trees blend in. Dave perhaps this fall I will take measurements off my yard and work on this over winter. Right now I just want to get a basic scetch of what I think could look good. I won't be putting these beds in until fall 2012. Tonight I'll lay the roundup down for the arbor bed, mark the spot for the plants, etc to get it ready to plant in 6 weeks pending weather. A garden hose is definitely easier to use and lay out curves, I just use rope because the beds are very large. Just an example, the bed I have to the right of my house, I have about 400' of rope down to create this bed. The cost of rope is much less than the cost of hose. When I add those 3 beds to the back yard I'll lay out all 3 beds at once just to make sure I really like it. If I do one bed at a time with my water hose, I may not like the overall design once all 3 beds are in place. What looks great on paper could look bad in person and vise versa. I use 1/2 pink hose, it shows up pretty good and I can easily see the layout from the second story window. I took your design and modified the middle bed to force the design to stay out in the yard and not so close to the house. I couldn't have it wrap around the kidney bed like you have it only because it would have put the small bed to the far right of your scetch in the back deck. With this design, I should have around 20' of space. I may or may not make the middle bed arch out on the other side a little instead of a half circle. It'll depend on how much room I'll have.
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kaitain4
15 years ago
Has anyone used this Girard's Nursery? Are they a quality supplier? Might be nice to have some reports from those with experience before making the plunge...

K4
chief4car
Original Author
15 years ago
Ken,

Thanks for the info. I saw the info on coenosium's website, but that is the only other place I have found anything. May just have to take the plunge and hope.

Kaitain4 - I have purchased two plants from Girards last fall. a P. Pungens 'hoopsi' and a Abies Koreansis 'Aurea'. I was inpressed with both, they were two year grafts, both were 12 or more inches tall and in great shape, and reasonable pricing. I beleive Ken and others have purchased from them and probably have more experience.

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davidv
15 years ago
Kosteri is propably 1 of the oldest weeping blues on the market today. Frankly there are a lot nicer ones for sale with better weeping habits and much bluer.

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bluespruce53
15 years ago
Just to clarify here, 'Koster' is a different plant than (Kosteri Pendula) which in turn is correctly named Picea pungens 'Glauca Pendula'
chief4car
Original Author
15 years ago
Bluespruce,

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I was not sure if they were the same or not. When I googled the Kosteri Pendula, I got a lot of results for P. Pungens Koster. Confusing.

Thanks Again.

Jim
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
i have never lost anything from girards ....

historically large plants.. sometimes pot bound... but we can cope with that .... reasonable prices ....

i always visit ... never did mail order ...

i really like the variegated liquidamber and snake/fort anne ... among others...

good peeps .. highly recommended by me ...

good work blue ... it figures.. someone/website posts regarding a specific name.. only to somehow figure out... it is well known under another name ... go figure on that ...

the more cutting edge you are.. on newer types of stock.. the less info that there is out there ... especially pix ....

but if you have an older name .... or suspect such .. such as some derivation of an very old plant like kosteri ... then something ought to ring in the back of your head ... and you might want to think... rename.. or new name ...

ken
coniferjoy
15 years ago
Bob Fincham mentioned that the Koster Nursery was situated in Germany, but it wasn't, it was situated in Boskoop, Holland.
Embothrium
15 years ago
>When I googled the Kosteri Pendula, I got a lot of results for P. Pungens KosterDid you search with "kosteri pendula" in quotes?
chief4car
Original Author
15 years ago
bboy,

Yes I did, however I got very little info.

Thanks everyone, I think this will be a purchase.

I have little experience with mail order conifers, but I was very impressed with the stock I got from girards and will be purchasing from them again.

Jim
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
15 years ago
"...i have never lost anything from girards ...."

Come to think of it, the couple of plants I ever lost from Girard's were ones I planted and then moved a few years later.

tj

PS The first ellipsis in the quote above are mine ;-)
barbaraincalif
15 years ago
Another convert to the Society of Ellipsisites
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
... ... ... ... ... oh you guys are hilarious ... ... ... ...

anyway ....

so i go to a friends in Cleveland ... he he says lets go to saybrook ... OH .... whatever ...

so we drive for 1.5 hours ... and stop in to Al's place ... Al has a half dozen greenhouses out back ... all crushed from the record snowfalls that winter ... this was about 8 years ago ... its just a complete mess ...

my wallet is stuffed [oh for the good old days] .... and i start picking out stuff .... never bought foo foo conifers before.. just a few of the old standards.. but man.. now i own 5 acres.. 4 of which are full sun.. and i need to cover some earth ....

so i am going through the place.. picked out all kinds of stuff.. half with no tags .... but now i know they were very well known ... i keep asking him how much.. he wont answer .... just talking with jon ... so i get jon aside.. i'm like ... i need to know how much ... jon wont answer .. though my wallet is stuffed .... it's not that stuffed ....

anyway.. after a glorious few hours .... i finally throw down the gauntlet ... and the guy wont take my money ... i'm like.. carp ... i should have picked more... lol ...

so off we drive ... 20 new conifers in my possession ...

we go around a few bends ... and down the road.. and jon takes me to girards ... where i actually buy another load ...

and so it was done ...

last year .. i bumped into Al F. .... at hosta college [yeah.. go figure on that] .... and told him he may as well been a heroin pusher.. and just knocked me down and injected me ... and gave me 5 more bags .....

that his generosity has cost me a LOT of money .... lol ...

that man had a grin as wide as the grand canyon ...

i think i will make this a new post about enabling..

turns out.. al does grafting for his son.. who married the daughter of the Girards ... go figure on all that ...

have a good day

ken

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