Picea omorika 'Blue Sky'
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Comments (54)Thanks for this update, Dax, your family of Serbians is quite impressive. It's great to see what they can do when fully established. This thread is extremely valuable for your progression photos. It's also just nice to read through this thread again since there's so much interesting content. Last spring, thie thread inspired me to plant 5 young P. omorika 'Pendula's. They were about 3 feet tall last winter when one of them had the leader eaten off (and spit back out) by a deer. The other four are doing well. I replaced the damaged plant with a P. omorika 'Bruns' of about the same size and now all are doing well. I need to remember to photograph them each year to capture their growth. Thanks for taking the time. Alex...See MorePicea omorika 'Guenter' photo gallery
Comments (1)My older specimen. Bought as 'Hexenbesen'. Another specimen, apparently the same plant, labeled as 'Gunther', but is incorrectly listed, as it should be Picea omorika 'Gunter'. -Will...See MoreLooking back, going forward
Comments (5)No one can possibly feel your pain as well as those of us in Texas that endured the HELL of this summer where we had 70 days of 100+ degree temps in Dallas. I have been fortunate to grow many things over the last seven years that most won't attempt further south than I-70 let alone I-40. Here I am in Dallas, north of I-30 growing picea, chamaecyparis, cupresses, juniperus, cedrus and pinus cultivars that "aren't supposed to live here." This was the year that proved all my nay-sayers right and allowed them to say "I told you so" the same way I told them last winter after 11" of snow killed their palm trees and banana plants (lol). My losses were high in numbers of plants and thousands of dollars-not to mention the water bills. So yes, this summer took its toll. My most depressing loss was a weeping white spruce, picea glauca pendula, that was about seven feet tall. But all the enjoyment I received over the last seven years was worth it and I will rebuild. So what did survive? For those of you wondering what might be more heat tolerant! picea pungens fat albert, hoopsii and baby blue eyes all things juniper (except for scorching on juniperus horizontalis mother lode all things cedrus all things cupresses (except for scorching on leylandii golconda) thuja occidentalis berkmans gold abies pisapo (species from seedling stock-not a graft) chamaecyparis obtusa (species) but with scorching (a few cultivars did make it with damage but are already flushing new growth now that it's cooled off. chamaecyparis nootkatensis jubilee, green arrow and glauca These all made it. My list of losses was so high it was easier to list what lived. The good news is that I have a nursery that orders material for me from Monrovia and Iseli so I have fresh hoopsi and moerheim on the way to replace the blue spruce that burned up. I have already picked up several internet orders from various sites and feel the depression lifting. Good luck to all of you who are replanting as well... Don...See MorePicea omorika 'Pendula' vs. Picea omorika 'Gotelli weeping'
Comments (16)Thanks guys! As I recall the Pendula was very much rootbound and overgrown for the container size when I bought it. It was definitely the oddball of the group which is why I bought it and originally referred to it as the ‘abominable snowman’. It has been fun watching the leader form and grow this year (may still be growing). Your trees, layout, and clean look serve as great inspiration cb!...See Moredcsteg
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