Hobbiton conifers of the week, May 14th

firefightergardener

12 years ago

A day late to avoid some bad photo weather, here are some more old, new or cool plants I want to share from my gardens.

Picea glauca 'Cecilia'

Tsuga sieboldi 'Green Ball'

Picea pungens 'Scottie' 4th year in the ground, a conical upright, or so she looks.

Abies cilicica 'Spring Grove' - Lush bright green, almost gold, new growth. Laterally growing so far.

Pinus banksiana 'Chippewa' - Lots of candles and they're longer this year than I expected.

Picea pungens 'Hermann Naue' - Slower than 'Early Cones'

Abies grandis 'Compacta'

Picea glauca 'Sanders Blue'

Picea pungens 'Gebelle's Golden Spring'

Acer palmatum 'Orido Nishiki' - Common but still beautiful, noted for it's extensive variegation of whtie and pink.

At a distance.

Closeup of the foliage.

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coniferjoy
12 years ago
Will, you're showings us again some very nice colourful pics!

I've my doubs about your Abies grandis 'Compacta'.
To me it looks like an Abies balsamea 'Nana' or simular cultivar.
Do you've another pic of this one which was taken in Autumn or Winter time?
Like I told before, Abies grandis cultivars are very rare in the U.S. because these are very difficult to propagate...
monkeytreeboy15
12 years ago
Fantastic stuff, Will! I especially like the 'Gebelle's Golden Spring'.

Acer palmatum 'Oridono nishiki' is the correct name for this Japanese Maple, also.

Looking forward to next week!

-Sam
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tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
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Thanks again, Will. Better late than never!

tj
whaas_5a
12 years ago
The weeks keep getting better!

Are you sure 'Scottie' isn't a he?
Cher
12 years ago
Always like seeing a nice Cecilia and that Scottie is cool and I think it may be a he also. It's great that you are posting some of your Japanese Maples too as it helps with ideas for others on what works well. Even get to see some of the wonderful Hosta you got.
Cher
severnside
12 years ago
Brilliant weekly again FFG!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
12 years ago
Pinus banksiana 'Chippewa'

is it.. by any chance.. leaning/growing NORTH??? ... away from the sun???

mine does...

ken
firefightergardener
Original Author
12 years ago
Glad folks are enjoying these. It's very low stress for me to wander around and take some random photos and it appears the forum moderators are more then OK with the process and spaces between posts.

Edwin, I received this plant from a new nursery in Oregon, and while the owner is fairly experienced, it's always possible there are mis-ID's of plants. I don't have any photos from Winter but we can revisit this at a later point and see if I have something very rare or very common! :)

Will - I do believe you're right, Scottie is probably a HE. :D

And no Ken, my plants both point towards the sun, sorry. hehe

Finally, a bonus plant photo. A nursery-owner friend of mine, whom I began trading with this Winter spoiled me badly today when a Fed-Ex truck dropped of this beautiful specimen. Talk about Christmas in May!

Picea pungens 'Ruby Teardrops' - And to me, a close examination looks pretty strongly to be Picea pungens. I took a closeup, including some of the larger red-pruple cones, for comparisons to 'Early Cones' and possible Picea mariana suggestions. I lean towards it being a new cultivar though it sure looks a lot like 'Early Cones'.

Closeup. The cones are about 2x's the size of the cones of my 'Early Cones'.

-Will
coniferjoy
12 years ago
Will, your Picea ... 'Ruby Teardrops' still looks like a Picea engelmannii cultivar to me.
Please compare the needles and the way of flushing out with the Picea pungens 'Hermann Naue' pic.

Some Google research brought me to another wrong Abies grandis 'Compacta' which is in reality an Abies balsamea 'Nana' just like yours.
Unfortunately I can't show the link because Gardenweb will see this as spam...

This is the true one:
Abies grandis 'Compacta'
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I hope I helped you with this info :0)
firefightergardener
Original Author
12 years ago
Thank you Edwin, no question now the plant appears to be something different then Abies grandis 'Compacta'. I'll make some notes and mention it to the original propogater.

The identitity of 'Ruby Teardrops' seems to be something worthy of discussion. As the needles harden off I will take more photos and also compare them with smells ala Bob and Dianne Fincham's advice on a recent thread. Your eyes are much better trained at ID'ing the differences, I actually don't see much/any difference between the two plants('Hermann Naue'). I hope it's Picea mariana! :)

-Will
clement_2006
12 years ago
According to Edwin, your Abies grandis "Compacta" are Abies balsamea.
Clement
dietzjm
11 years ago
Awesome plants, Will. You are spoiled for getting that 'Ruby Teardrops', whatever species it may be! I also really like 'Scottie', I have to find that somewhere.
severnside
11 years ago
That Abies grandis 'Compacta' should be named 'Chaos' it's fantastic in it's lack of regularity.
Fiddlegal08
11 years ago
I just stumbled upon a Picea pungens 'Ruby Teardrops' an hour ago! I've never seen or read about it before. I had to sell my firstborn, but I am now the proud owner!

My other find: Picea pungens 'Glauca Slenderina Pendula' (according to the tag. Looks remarkably like 'The Blues'. I feel like I just won the lottery!

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