Conifer garden in early May
sprucebud
14 years ago
Here are a selection of photos taken this morning at David Ward's garden. Enjoy!
picea abies 'Rydal' at its peak
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Picea glauca 'Goldilocks' and some abies concolor cultivars
Abies concolor 'Bryce Canyon'
A beautiful grouping (in my opinion)
Abies lasiocarpa 'Roger Watson'
Picea pungens 'Wendy'
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Comments (9)this post made me type this somewhere else today.. perhaps it will be of interest to you: a tip on pix ... learn latin ... it really matters ... its how we know we are talking about the same plant ... some common names are applied to more than one plant.. when i take pix ... and upload them.. the camera calls them something like DCS 002 ... etc ... but my program allows me to add the date.. so they end up 20120116 DCS 002 ... then when i put them in my PLANT FOLDER ... i add the latin .. in this case a conifer name.. to end up with: Pinun pungens 'Hoopsi' 20120116 002 so over the years i have all the hoopsi pix in date order ... in one folder ....and the 002 is important if i take more than one pic per day .... the camera kicks those up automatically ... ==>>>> have a great tour.. the date doesnt really matter.. so dont worry about it.. once you choose one over the other ... no one is going to walk up after and say.. 'if only it were the other date.. it would have been so much better ...' and if they do.. well.. witch slap them and tell them to get out ... ungrateful idiots.. lol ... been thru 2 national hosta tours.. a regional conifer tour.. and numerous state and local tours ... 99.9% of the peeps are simply thrilled you invited them ... see above re: the other .1% ... do the best you can.. to be prepared.. give up a day or two prior .. and relax.. and simply get ready for the hordes ... and just enjoy it.. the glory is fleeting ... but really now.. it aint worth worrying about .. what will be.. will be .. and your garden.. is better than 99.999999% of all other gardens.. or they wouldnt have you on tour ... thats is my wisdom for the day.. now i have to go say something stupid in some other post .. to balance the universe ... lol ken ps: oh.. and have a friend take pix of it all ... NOT YOU ... someone who would be thrilled to be your sidekick.. and memorialize the event ... and they can also be a docent.. aka garden watchdog.. pitbull.. for those who have hand trowels in their purses.. lol ......See MoreMay 3 Conifer Day at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Comments (2)Thanks for the tip. I've seen the San Francisco and Berkeley Botanical Gardens, alas, I couldn't easily fit a trip to Mendocino in but will get there next time. I've heard that it's really nice. Slightly OT but their cultivar list of rhododendrons showed a few varieties that haven't been in US commerce for many years, like 'Radium'. I wonder if they have similarly rare cultivars of conifers. Not a cultivar, but that Dacrydium is awesome! This post was edited by davidrt28 on Fri, Apr 11, 14 at 3:14...See MoreHobbiton conifers of the week, May 8th
Comments (19)Thanks Will for your "This week tour". The Picea abies 'Medusa' is a true beauty and is my favorite, especialy now with the new foliage. During our U.S. trip in January I learned that this cultivar was found as a witches' broom on a Picea abies 'Acrocona' by Jim Boyko. The temporary name he gave to it was 'Acrocona Globe', later on he named it 'Medusa'. Also your Picea abies 'Catharine's Golden Heart' is glowing among it's other colourful friends! You're showing us some very nice colour combinations! Your garden do have a much differend look now then back in January when we visited you, it's full of surprises :0)...See MoreHobbiton conifers of the week, May 9th
Comments (10)I don't have much history on it, other than I acquired it from a local nursery labeled as 'Golden Gnome Oriental spruce'. This seems unlikely as I've seen nothing on google showing that name. I'll keep an eye on it and the handful of other smallish, picea orientalis gold flushing plants. We'd all love to see some of your golden clones, show, show! :) -Will...See Morekbguess
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Picea abies "(K)Cornell Dwarf Yellow" photographied at Jeddeloh nursery many years ago, 25 years ?
Not sure if Cornell or Kornell.
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