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Hobbiton conifers of the week, May 28th

firefightergardener

11 years ago

Several plants are looking great today, and I have as usual, a Japanese maple to share and a new feature, a mystery plant for ID which I will try and include each week. Onward!

Abies koreana 'Wellenseind' - Some very cool colors in there on this miniature, purchased from Dennis Dodge.

Abies concolor 'Scooter' - Hopeful I don't have any issues this year with my white fir, it's been a real hard time keeping them afloat.

Abies procera [Hupp's Seedling #3]

Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Mucronata' - A nice blue-green color.

Abies alba 'Havel' - Seems to do well in part-shade, the new foliage is almost a chartreuse color.

Cedrus atlantica 'Sapphire Nymph' - NOT a miniature as I once hoped and NOT really even a small dwarf in our climate here, I'd say it grows between four and ten inches a year.

Abies procera [Hupp's Seedling #2] - All of these seedlings have a nice look to them, time will tell if they are worthy of introduction.

Cedrus atlantica 'Mt. Saint Catherine' IS a true miniature, grows about an inch a year and wonderfully colored/textured. Very hard to keep alive by most accounts, fingers crossed here but three years in the ground now too.

Abies pinsapo 'Tuarek' Great bubbly new growth and VERY tolerant of heat/drought.

Cedrus atlantica 'Uwe' - Pronounced oooh-veey, a wonderful near-miniature plant.

Mystery plant #1

Abies nordmanniana 'Berlin Dahlem' - Surely looks unusual and different from my other specimens of the same cultivar. Below is the suggested 'correct' cultivar but I've also included a specimen of another cultivar that the foliage looks SIMILAR too. Please chime in with any thoughts/ideas you have.

Closeup.

Abies nordmanniana 'Berlin Dahlem' - 99% confident in this specimen's identity.

Abies borisii-regis 'J.K. Greece' Look at the foliage, it looks very similar to me.

Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' - HUGELY popular in gardens, magazines and some day soon(if not already), nurseries near you, this bright orange/red/gold leafed maple sports these amazing hues for months during Spring/Summer. Just the right sun set's off the color - too much shade, it will be muted and too much sun burns it.

Closeup on the amazing leaves.

More next week, a double-dose since I will be very busy the week after.

-Will

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Comments (7)

severnside
11 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Great plants as ever! Photo's are top notch. I've taken to pruning my 'Sapphire Nymph', it seems to accept it very well. I take off the long branch tips and keep it compact.
Cher
11 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Great plants Will. Really like the Abies nordmanniana 'Berlin Dahlem' in the 2nd photo that you think is correct. Also the Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Mucronata' really looks nice and I love the Autumn Moon. Would love to have one but only have full sun locations.
Cher
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davidtree
11 years ago
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plants are looking great.
gardener365
11 years ago
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Beautiful pics Will.

What's that sport on the blue conifer next to shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' or should say, what is that conifer?

Dax
sluice
11 years ago
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Nice! I like the Abies pinsapo 'Tuarek'.
whaas_5a
11 years ago
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Ditto to sluice. Its amazzing to how these little tikes start to grow up.
firefightergardener
Original Author
11 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Fun stuff, Spring is going berserk now and I am in gardening heaven. Not quite 80s yet but some low 70s and enough rain to make everything go.

Dax, the smaller Picea pungens is 'Wisconsin Cream' that colors us mildly there because of about 1/2 day's sun. I think it will make for good scion-wood, hint hint.

The engelmannii is 'Compacta'.

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