ACS Conifer of the Year...arrival

15 years ago

Pinus strobus 'Niagara Falls' arrived Friday 3/13/09.

I'm very pleased with the plant size, and the packaging was first rate.

Barbara

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tunilla
15 years ago
Wow-nice catch! Happy planting B.! T.
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
15 years ago
Solid!
Nice looking plant.
Do you have a site picked out?

Josh
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barbaraincalif
Original Author
15 years ago
Hey! You sound like my husband Josh..."but where will you put it?"

'Niagara Falls' is in competition with a few others for a primo location in the yard. Thinking I'll post yard pictures and a competitors list for some professional help in deciding.

Barbara
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
its not in the acs database..

how does it differ from p. s. pendula ....

one pic online seems to show it as a leadered plant ...

ken
kim_dirtdigger
15 years ago
Very nice Barbara! Thanks for posting the pic. I've got one coming and hope mine is that large. Do you plan to stake yours up for some height?

Ken, the pic in Conifer Quarterly is of a fairly prostrate specimen.

Kim
gardener365
15 years ago
Yah, you got a heavenly dealio.

Dax
arceesmith
15 years ago
You got a beauty there!

Ken, the big difference I have seen between 'Niagara Falls' and 'Pendula' are primarily in growth rate. 'Pendula' will put on quite a lot of new growth with long bare internodes. 'Niagara Falls' with its shorter annual growth creates a more compact looking, sprawling mound, with its foliage covering more of the branches. 'Niagara Falls' will need to be staked if greater height is desired than it would normally produce, in time, as it mounds upon itself.
Embothrium
15 years ago
Pot is on the small side, be sure to open up roots. Grafted conifers often on rootbound understock anyway.
firefightergardener
15 years ago
Beautiful plant Barbara. If I had room I'd go out and get one lol.

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