Ireena, let me help you to name your pics: #1 Picea abies 'Ohlendorffii' #2 Picea abies 'Rothenhaus' #3 Picea abies 'Cranstonii' #4 Picea abies 'Pachyphylla' #5 Picea abies 'Reflexa' (staked for a while) #6 Picea abies 'Phylicoides' #7 Picea obovata 'Aurea' (?)

Regarding Picea glauca DaisyÂs White - this plant was entered into a major plant exhibition in Holland by Mr J Jeurissen-Wijnen, the plant originator. He was advised to shorten the name to DaisyÂs White by the growers at that exhibition because of its high commercial potential. He agreed to the change. I donÂt have a sworn affidavit IÂm afraid, so you will have to take my word that DaisyÂs White is now the accepted name in Europe, so should also be adopted by the US. As for the issue with the word Âbroom being part of a plant name, technically it might not be correct (although I canÂt find anything in the Cultivated Code that actually excludes the word Âbroom) but itÂs my opinion that the word Âbroom can form part of the plant name and not just be seen as a descriptive word. I have, in fact, named three of my brooms to include the word Âbroom in the plant name and as far as IÂm concerned no one person has the right to delete that part of the name. As for Picea pungens St MaryÂs Broom, unless there is a general agreement by, for example the majority of major growers, collectors/experts, ACS to change it - then the name should stay as it is. There is no point in Coenosium Gardens listing it as St Mary and Iseli, for instance, still listing it as St MaryÂs Broom. Confusion once again, as this thread has already demonstrated. Most people know nothing of the Cultivated Code and just see two different plant names and wonder if itÂs the same plant. Also, of course, there are hundreds of conifer names with technically incorrect names according to the Code  how, for example do all the Czech names fit into the code, as their language is based on descriptive names. Besides, the Cultivated Code is a work in progress and not something that is set in stone, and is in fact constantly being amended. So, in my opinion, plant names should be left well alone until enough research has been done, and general agreement has been reached to warrant a change.

I have a few more good ones here: Picea pungens 'RM 203' Jerry Morris Red Mountain, Colorado. A place where many brooms were found, evidently. Picea pungens 'Edit' "aka 'Edith' -- written as exactly from Porterhowse Nursery Availability. I'm sticking to 'Edit' sorry guys -- Don Howse is just one of those special people like Edwin/coniferjoy is. He's an American Authority as is Bob Fincham and when Bob tells me he had lunch with Dr. Barabit and that Edit was his wife's name and that the plant was named by Dr. Barabit for his wife, I'm going to have to go with Bob on this one all the way. I won't debate it anymore, sorry. And sorry for bringing it up again. Picea pungens 'Mom' Chub Harper's garden. Picea pungens 'Regal Chub' Last one: Picea pungens 'Viola'

Thanks stuart! In spring I will place it under my Acer griseum (in it's pot), the spot is perfect, full sun except for shade via the paperbark from 12:30 to 1:30, the times of highest UV index. I want that nice color and growth but not at the expense of any burn; I hate burn. 5 years now on the thorsen's, I'm in a light 6b, but I'm in a microclimate on the eastern face of a small mountain (500 ft above the rest of the town) so it's more like a 7a. It gets sun from 8:00 to 11:30, then shade, then sun from 3:30 to 5:00. It absolutely seems to LOVE the mid day shade. Every year as soon as the first push starts hardening, I give it a nice hefty dose of foliage-pro and it pushes a second round of light growth, like 2-3''. I usually get 6" from the first push. This year it got 8-9" in some places, then another 2-3" from the second push. It seems that as long as the second push starts before July there's no winter issues; I didn't do this the first year I had it to make sure it was well ready for the winter. It's also the only place on my 1 acre that I mulch in spring AND fall, the roots are what make it such a delicate plant... also I find that the mini hill it's on seems to protect it from the lowest of the lows in the mid winter. I watered it heavily every second or third day the spring I planted it, not much that summer surprisingly... I did plant it only 1 week into spring though. Now I only water it if we go a week or more without rain in the summer. It doesn't seem to need it, but I do it to err on the side of caution, my soil drains nicely but not too fast. It definitely starts dropping internal needles quite significantly come July and August, so I wouldn't worry about that; it's definitely a part of the growth pattern. Also, don't cut/trim any needle-free tissue, they are FILLED with hidden buds that will fill it back in, and then some come the next spring. I don't prune it AT ALL, as it consistently re-fills the areas of needle loss with new growth; very cool plant.