Wow, Will, your pictures never cease to amaze. That A.k. 'Taiga' is incredible. What's the flanking perennial in that pic? Am also really impressed by the pinus cembra and koraiensis brooms. I have 'Tsai's cushion' as well, it's one of my favorites. Right now it's a few weeks behind yours.

One other question, what's the columnar fir (?) in picture #4 - that one looks really choice as well.

Alex

I love these weekly pic-casts, another brilliant one.

Are we going to have species parades/galleries this year? If they go in the gallery section it's like throwing them down a friggin' well.

Thanks for these weekly shoots Will. It looks like your "Tryin hard" pic is a bud that wanted to be a cone.

tj

Fantastic photos. I really love St Joseph's Broom and Pinus parviflora 'Tsai's Cushion'. Really great photos, the color is stunning.
Cher

Thanks for taking a look. Without people to enjoy my plants, what reason is there to post them?

Alex, the star-leafed perennials are lupines. They return here every year(and get bigger/better) and they add some unusual, lush texture to the shade garden. The spire conifer is just a species Abies nordmanniana that has started narrow so far. This is doubtful in maturity! :)

I'd like to do some galleries again this year but certainly not at the grand scale as in years past and I think it would be better if someone else started more of them so I wasn't in the crosshairs so often. I have a bunch of new cool conifers though and it would be a shame not to be able to share some photos.

-Will

I just look in awe at the japenese maples you and other post. I so wish they were a zone 4, you guys are so fortunate, they look great coupled with conifers,thanks for the pics

You dirty dog, you must have gotten one of the last Gee Brooms?

Nice plants and nice pics. I just picked up 'St. Joseph's Broom' myself.

Brent mentioned this of the plant
It is a plant found by the nursery manager, Richard Haslebacher. St. Joseph's is globose with short needles and short nodes and kind of mounds.

For those diehard conifer collectors and/or ACS members you can use coupon code ACS2012 for 10% off.

Gorgeous palette in your "color medley" Will. WoW!~

The coolest part of seeing yours and others pictures is that we all have different zones and canvas's and tastes. I appreciate your diversity and how you put it all together. I don't have the knowledge or experience to truly appreciate the smaller trees and grafts that I see on these forums (can you say, mind boggling?)but I'm starting to catch on. Your pictures and the pictures that others post help myself and others to see the stages of a great garden.

Nice job!

I'm curious about Hobbiton?

Robyn

Will, your gardens are really looking great. You certainly have some very beautiful color going on there. LOVE it!

Wow!!! Great looking conifers Will! I hadn't heard of P.p. 'St. Joseph's' Broom' or the P. cembra broom before. I like them both a lot. The bed with the Picea abies 'Catharine's Golden Heart' and maples in the background is a knockout and I like how you've placed it . Bet this treasure of yours will be a showpiece for years to come as it continues to cascade down the wall . Great stuff, thanks for sharing the pics,

Dan

Lookin' good as always Will.

Mike

Thanks Will. Choice.

Pinus koraiensis 'K.G.' = 'Gee Broom' fyi. 'K.G.' being correct.

Best Regards,

Dax

Thank you Dax, the correction is now noted in my records.

It's all still coming together, in reality still only about 3-4 years growing with eachother. Now is the fun part, the shaping, pruning and relocating as things fill or overfill their cups.

Robyn, I've decided to name my gardens after the fairytale location, Hobbiton, of the JRR Tolkien series, the Lord of the Rings. It's a place where everything seems well kept, green, happy and SMALL and I think that is a cool description for my own piece of earth. :)

-Will

I love that you named your place after a fairytale location that makes you smile. No doubt it makes everyone smile that is lucky enough to see it first hand.

Windhaven is what I named my place 15 years ago for similar reasons.

More pictures please!

Robyn

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)

The Pinus cembra 'Stoderzinken #4' looks great.

I have a 'Stoderzinken #4' too. And I'll bet sluice does too!

Dax - still grabbing your photos and everyone elses'.

Cheers.

Will,
your ultrared palmatum is killerish for the eyes, but very nice in colour.
Zsolt

Will these are great posts, love seeing cool new plants I have not seen before! Maples look awesome too! I really appreciate all the work that goes in to posting all of this inspiration for us.

Have you ever considered doing a video tour?

Jim