Astounding! Thankyou.

Biggest Picea omorika 'Pimoko' I've seen, gorgeous specimen.

I meant to answer to your compliment another time severnside but I don't recall which thread it was on. Anyways, thanks man!

Dax

That P. cembra is definitely an Aristocrat!

They have a nicer collection than expected, at least compared to Boerner Botanic Gardens.

Where alot of tags missing or where they not very visible?
I hate that when you can't identify a plant.

Thanks for sharing. Surely alot of work to post all them pics.

We're planning a stop there in October on our way to another Minnesota wedding. Last time we were there a small flock of turkeys led us through the conifer grove playing hide and seek with us. Did you get a shot of the huge acer saccharum 'Newton's Sentry'? Biggest one I've ever seen.

Wow. Monster plants. How old are most of these plants Dax? Pretty amazing stuff. This is great to see. More more!

-Will

Check out the trees forums...he has tons of pics in there of the deciduous trees. Including the 'Newton's Sentry'.

Super nice. Where to start? Maybe with the Picea omorika 'Freya' (and the tall one behind it). Thanks!

Thank you. Enjoyed the tour!
Richard

Great Pics! Thanks so much. I have the same question as Will- how old are some of those specimens? It gives us all something to look forward to as our landscapes mature.

That 'Newton Sentry' has gotta be pushing past 80' huh Marshall. I was floored.

Lots of buried tags & a # w/o.

Longenecker Gardens was established in 1935. This is that 'Newton Sentry' Sugar maple:

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You can't tell but it's so big I had to walk possibly 300 Meters to photograph it.

Will of Washington, this is all I have.

Dax

Dax- did you happen to stop by and visit the Rotary Garden in Janesville WI. Nothing like this but a very nicely done botanical garden.
Marshall

Dax said "Lots of buried tags & a # w/o". Working(volunteering) in an arboretum I can tell you keeping accession tags, info signs etc in place is a full time chore. Kids seem to think staked signs are to be removed and placed elsewhere, wired on tags get removed by folks wanting to remember names of a certain tree or plant, and some of it is just plain old malicious activities with no purpose. I inventory our collections once a year to make sure all signs, tags etc are in place and correspond with whatever they are on and not interfering with the growth of the plant. Rather aggravating at times, but gives me plenty to do in a nice environment.
Marshall

wired on tags get removed by folks wanting to remember names of a certain tree or plant...

Stunning impudence.

I didn't Marshall. I was busy with the arb. and we went to a big dog park that had nature trails & the rest of the time I spent at my friend's on 36 converted farmland acres to prairie restoration. I have to say that was incredible.

It is kind of nice labeling specimens, I enjoy it myself.

Gentlemen...

Dax

The Longenecker gardens are great! (Well, aside from the aforementioned missing plant info tags, that is.) Here are some photos I've taken there over the summer - mostly macros, but a few whole-plant photos, too.

Abies homolepsis:

Abies fraseri:

Abies veitchii:

Abies koreana:

Pinus armandii:

Pinus aristata:

Pinus strobus:

Pinus strobus:

Juniperus chinensis:

Juniperus rigida:

Larix laricina:

Larix kaempferi:

Taxodium distichum:

Taxodium distichum:

Chamaecyparis thyoides:

Sciadopitys verticillata:

Sciadopitys verticillata:

Nice pix, megzee. Especially like the cone shots.

tj

Excellent pictures. It's good to be able to compare the needles and cones in the top four.

I must have missed an area with those firs, darn. And I was on a mission to find that armandii cause a friend told me it was there.

Great shots of Chamaecyparis thyoides. Missed those as well.

Best Regards,

Dax

Longeker Gardens has some wonderful mature plants and more than just conifers.
The plants to be seen here are older plants and not just one or two year old grafts that so often seen on this site. Labels are always on the south side of the plants and some times a little hard to find. They do not have the signs out in front of the plants like is seen in most dwarf conifer collections. There is much, much more to this garden then just conifers.
For those close in this area, the Wisconsin Woody Plant Society will have there fall meeting at Longenecker Garden on Oct. 22th this year. For more info contact Marcia at wiwoodyplantsociety@gmail.com . You will be able to walk these grounds with Dr.Ed Hasselkus and get many inside stories about the plants.
The Picea omorika 'Pimoko' I think is miss labeled.
Dennis

Dennis, shoot an email my way will ya please?

Dax: the Pinus armandii is located near the fir collection instead of in the main body of the pine collection. They're both in the easternmost part of the Longenecker gardens if you're ever in the area again and want to look for them.

-Megzee

Hey Dax,
Any idea if that's an American Chestnut or a Chinese behind the Jakobsen's Pyramid? It looks somewhat big to be Chinese...
How many chestnut trees were there?

shastensis: those are American chestnuts. There are four of them in that location (plus an Allegheny chinkapin, as well).

Castanea dentata at Longenecker Gardens:
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