Nope not sure by any means Edwin. I've never seen a sitchensis 'Compacta' anywhere and I *have* seen engelmannii 'Compacta', which it does closely resemble. I'll have to make a post later this Summer of 'kind of unknowns' to which I have at least a dozen plants. I can guess, and have some ideas to their true name, but I need experts like you, Clement, Bob, Blue, Henk, etc. to reveal the truth.

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

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

Nice specimen Dave, it's found by Bob Fincham and he named it 'Blue Teardrop' instead of 'Blue Tear Drop'. Unfortunately lots of plantsmen and nurseries write it in the wrong way... Here is a link that might be useful: 'Blue Teardrop'