If anyone is interested... RM stands for Red Mountain, Colorado where these were all found. I think Gary Gee has several of these in his arboretum. I have a few but they are all small. I do have a photo of RM204 and if I get time later I will post it for you.

Bill

RM= Red Mountain. Well, that clears another thing up for me, thanks Bill!

Dax,

Finally got this up for you. This is one of the smaller selections from the series.

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Bill

Which one is it Bill ?

Thank you Bill. He mentions it above, 'RM 204'.

Dax

Picea pungens 'RM 204'. Sorry about that.

No, my fault - Dax is correct ,I'm not paying attention.

Hi folks. Does this mean that over 200 P. pungens brooms were found and collected, or can one broom give rise to several different looking plants, depending on what part of the broom the scionwood was taken ?
I guess several brooms could grow on the same tree.Could they be considered as being the same clone? Thanks for your explanations. T.

These brooms were all found in Red Mountain, Colorado (just outside of SouthPark, CO) by Jerry Morris and Rich Eyre. I don't know exactly how many there are but I have heard of the following. Most of these were all found in one or 2 days. They supposedly just picked an arbitary number to start with and went from there.

Picea pungens 'RM 201'
Picea pungens 'RM 203'
Picea pungens 'RM 204'
Picea pungens 'RM 205'
Picea pungens 'RM 206 Choice'
Picea pungens 'RM 208'
Picea pungens 'RM 209'
Picea pungens 'RM 210'
Picea pungens 'RM 211'
Picea pungens 'RM 212'
Picea pungens 'RM 213'
Picea pungens 'RM 216'
Picea pungens 'RM 217'
Picea pungens 'RM 218 Ladies Choice'
Picea pungens 'RM 219 Prostrate'
Picea pungens 'RM 222'
Picea pungens 'RM 227'
Picea pungens 'RM 228'
Picea pungens 'RM 229'
Picea pungens 'RM 230'
Picea pungens 'RM 233'
Picea pungens 'RM 236'
Picea pungens 'RM 239'
Picea pungens 'RM 240 Rich'
Picea pungens 'RM 241'
Picea pungens 'RM 242'
Picea pungens 'RM 243'
Picea pungens 'RM 245 Cone'
Picea pungens 'RM 246'
Picea pungens 'RM 247'
Picea pungens 'RM 248'
Picea pungens 'RM 249'
Picea pungens 'RM 250 Special'

I'll bet that makes things a bit more interesting.

I guess that the greater the sample, the greater the chances of finding something unusual or even outstanding.
I presume the named ones are exactly that.It would be nice to see the whole selective process (from a horticultural point of view,that is).It's also easier to understand where confusion may come from,if 'rejected' plants are not disposed of properly and turn up later on in the trade,only to be wrongly identified because they look so similar,yet are not 'the real cultivar or broom'.Thanks for the info. T.

Bill, I seem to have a 202, and a 260, listed ?

Steve,

That is very possible. These are just the ones that I found on the lists that I have access to. There are a bunch of numbers missing. Tunilla is exactly right about this kind of explaining why the names are such a complete mess. Trying to keep up with the naming and renaming is just impossible. I would not be surprised to to learn that only a fraction of these are still in cultivation.

Bill

'R.M. 258'
(noted for it's open habit)

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