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Picea species & cultivars, rare/unusual Photo Gallery 2010

firefightergardener

13 years ago

And flooding into the forum, more conifer pics!

Quite a few of my plants are from species that only seem to have a few cultivars available. If you have a spruce or spruces that aren't very common that you'd like to share, let's see them. Lots of cool and amazing cultivars out there just haven't had enough exposure to be coveted yet.

I'll start with a few older ones I've managed to place amongst my other conifers.

Picea smithiana 'Ballarat'. A highly unusual miniature/dwarf, the foliage is very thick and slow growing but carries over the habit from it's parent of a droopy, weeping nature. Picked this gem up from Coenosium gardens. I'd guess it's about 5-6 years old.

Picea meyeri?

Closeup on the abies pinsapo-like needles.

Picea rubens 'Pocono'. Had to place it there - lol.

Picea rubens 'W.B.'. Dense and slow growing.

Picea glehnii 'Yatsubusa'. Great colors, shape and growth rate of about 4-5 centimeters a year. What's not to like?

This may be a long picture thread, lots to share here and I hope to see some of the wierd/unusual/rare spruce you have. Non-cultivars are also MORE THEN WELCOME here. Let's see some neat conifers.

-Will

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firefightergardener
Original Author
13 years ago
With help from our prodigy conifer-expert Dax:

Picea x Troemner (A hybrid of Picea omorika and Picea pungens 'Koster'). Rapidly growing cultivar has the coloration of a Picea pungens with some green/silvery hues and the grow rate and habit of Picea omorika. Named after Allan Troemner a plant technician from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Forestry Department.

-Will
firefightergardener
Original Author
13 years ago
Picea jezoensis 'Aurea'. A nice conifer with shades of green, gold and even blue.

Picea shirasawae `Mt. Yatugatake'. A very rare cultivar from this species native to the mountains of Japan. It was much brighter green early in Spring.

Picea X Mariorika 'Machala'

Picea breweriana 'Emerald Midget'

Picea jezoensis 'Chitosemaru'. Great plant, name is probably illegitamate.
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Thanks for adding to the gallery guys. Seems a bit strange for me to keep posting to myself! :) Thanks for the compliments too, hearing it from conifer legends always makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. More more and more! This is madness!... Picea abies 'Suncrest'. New to me, a nice tight, bluish color miniature, bought at Coenosium Gardens. 'Gold Dust'. An unusually 'leggy' small dwarf with highly unusual colors as the new foliage eventually becomes more golden and mixes well with the older blue/green. 'Perry's Gold'. Pretty bright! New growth eventually reverts to a more dark green. This specimen is in almost full shade. Awesome! 'Vermont Gold' A sport from 'Repens' I believe, grows laterally into a wide shrub, new growth is delicately gold and burns in full sun here. 'Clanbrassiliana Stricta'. A bit more of a cone shaped dwarf. 'Nidiformis'. Common, available at many box stores and in my opinion, still a pretty nice plant. 'Hasin'. Doing some wierd things, I'd better take a look and prune back that barberry! Usually a super-tight miniature similar to 'Dumpy'. 'Malena'. A great looking small dwarf with unusual needle shape, mine received too much sun last year, suffered some damage and this Winter found a new home. 'Aarburg'. A twisting, weeping, chaotic 'Dr. Suess' tree. Saw it for the first time at Coenosium Gardens and had to have one. Eventually gets pretty wide(not too tall), but I think it will be happy enough here in 5-6 hours of sun. Picea abies seems to handle part shade very well. Many of mine are in filtered sun with 3-4 hours of direct sun. 'Gold Drift'. Only one of the best, a strongly weeping, fast growing tree essential to any conifer collection. More when I have time, please feel free to add some of yours. -Will
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firefightergardener
Original Author
13 years ago
A few more to add today:

Picea smithiana. Droopy needles are it's trademark, mine has just began to show it's habit.

Picea x Mariorika 'Glauca'. Similar to 'Machala'.

-Will
dcsteg
13 years ago
I like them all especially...Picea glehnii 'Yatsubusa' and Picea x Mariorika 'Glauca'.

Dave
coniferjoy
13 years ago
I have also some Picea smithiana cultivars:
'Himalaya Hexe'

'Sunray'

Will, your Picea x mariorika 'Machala' and 'Glauca' are the same one.
clement_2006
13 years ago

Picea schrenkiana "Alma Ata"

Picea X moseri

Picea smithiana "Nana"

ClÃ©ment
darob
13 years ago
I greet
from my collection
Picea Marian , Smoke Jumper,
Darek
jaro_in_montreal
13 years ago
ClÃ©ment, is that a Brewer's spruce on the right in your last photo ? ....thnx !
clement_2006
13 years ago
Jaro,
Yes, at Aubonne Arboretum,(AAVA) switzerland.
ClÃ©ment
firefightergardener
Original Author
13 years ago
Great photos fellas. You either have access to great arboresums or you live on huge properties! Either way, consider me green with envy.

Picea bi-color, species.
coniferjoy
13 years ago
Will, did something happens to the Picea bicolor's leader?
The plant will have a greater look if you bring it back to only one leader...
firefightergardener
Original Author
13 years ago
Edwin, this plant was 'salvaged' from a nursery owner who didn't have space for it. It was neglected and pretty pot bound. It did seem happy with my frequent waterings this spring and put on good growth but I surmiss it will take a couple years before it forms it's standard leader again. I love the colors.

Picea breweriana 'Wustemeyer'. Dunno, neat though!

-Will
clement_2006
13 years ago
Probably a Picea sitchensis but certainly not a breweriana.

Picea breweriana "Wustemeyer"
Is possible to mix Picea breweriana with sitchensis ??
ClÃ©ment
coniferjoy
13 years ago
ClÃ©ment, do you mean that Picea breweriana 'WÃ¼stemeyer' is probably a mix with Picea sitchensis?
It isn't because the 'WÃ¼stemeyer' is found as a witches'broom and the original name given by Werner WÃ¼stemeyer was 'WÃ¼stemeyer H.B.'.
firefightergardener
Original Author
13 years ago
That tree appears to me to have some weeping branches, but also clearly a different tone and color then Picea breweriana. Is there any chance that it's Picea breweriana x sitchensis 'Wustemeyer'? The needles up close sure look like Picea sitchensis.

-Will
jaro_in_montreal
13 years ago
Wow ! ....that's a huge 'Wustemeyer' ClÃ©ment -- merci beaucoup !
The one I have is a fraction of that size, and I had NO idea that it could get that big ! ...how old is it ?
bluespruce53
13 years ago
Edwin, I would think Clement means Will's previous photo is a sitchensis, and the photo he has posted is Picea breweriana 'Wustemeyer' to show for comparison I guess.
clement_2006
13 years ago
Yes ,I post a photo of Picea breweriana "Wustemeyer"for comparison.
It's not a hybrid, it's a W.B. from Picea breweriana.
ClÃ©ment

PS no very dwarf.My plant have 2/2,5 meters hight

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