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Comments (0)Next chapter Cupressus glabra Kork 2006 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of a public park in Korkuteli, 1200 m, TUR Frosty, silverly sprouts, alligator-pattern 2-3 years old twigs, cones are also silverly. Bark red-purpur-brown spotted. Great surviver. Cupressus glabra Kork conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus glabra Looming Mountain 2010 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of suburban Korkuteli 1050 m, TUR Like Cupressus arizonica var. glabra Kork, but broader conical and leaders stands on a vigorous curve. 2-3 years old sprouts create a rich drapery. Bark vine-red, and violet. Cupressus glabra Looming Mountain Hodi Toth, Jozsef photo Cupressus arizonica MPH Janos Vitez 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN A 25 years old dense blue conical Cupressus glabra seedling in the suburban Budapest. Resistent of polluted air. Cupressus arizonica MPH Janos Vitez conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus arizonica MPH Kek Alom 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN A little bit rustic globose habit without a leader, intensive blue coloured in full sun, branches are living their own life in short and dense way. Nice soliter in smaller garden or never cutted hedge. 3 meters in 25 years. Hardy in Z6. Cupressus arizonica MPH Kek Alom conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus arizonica MPH Ruszti 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN An other bright blue rustic beauty with a more traditional dense upright habit. Needs full sun, summer heat. 4 meters in 30 years. Hardy in Z6. Cupressus arizonica MPH Ruszti conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus arizonica MPH Vitorlas 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN An incredible giant arizonica from the Lake Balaton shore. 20 meters in 30 years, fastigiate habit, blue colour, extremely vital sitting in ground waters. Hey people, Cupressus arizonica likes water, not only droughts! Cupressus arizonica MPH Vitorlas conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus arizonica MPH Vitorlas conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus arizonica MPH Zold 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN A 30 years old green american Cupressus glabra seedling in the downtown of Budapest. Resistent of polluted air. Cupressus arizonica MPH Zold conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus arizonica President 2000 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from seed of a plant in Roosevelt Square Park in Budapest HUN /former cv. Roosevelt (id. Szechenyi by Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN) Full unusual colour plant: like a silvermetal spray-painted Christmas-tree. Robust growing, in line or light curve standing lateral heads, cylindrical habit, well arranged crown. Great globulous cones. Cupressus arizonica President conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus glabra Tu 2000 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of Seydisehir public park, Toros Mts., 1300 m, TUR Strongly silverly foliage, thin sprouts, upright in curve stick out lateral heads, long without arms. Bizarre like a Juniperus chinensis Kaizuka. In Seydisehir are strongly winds, the winter is very cold, summer hot and dry, this plant are very tolerant. Cupressus glabra Tu conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus lusitanica Blue Veil 2010 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of suburban Korkuteli 1050 m, TUR An upright, conical crown, silverly-blue foliage, thick sprouts, very crowded habit. Massive trunk, bark vine red, very strong peels. A light veil for fairyes. Cupressus lusitanica Blue Veil Hodi Toth, Jozsef photo Cupressus lusitanica Blue Veil Hodi Toth, Jozsef photo Cupressus lusitanica Dzsami 2006 Hodi Toth Jozsef f HUN from sport of Korkuteli, Toros Mts., 1300 m, TUR Broad, conical habit, trunk cherry-purpur colour, strong resin fragrance. Leader stem and axis of lateral sprouts pink in first year, later gray. Foliage blueish-silverly. Masses of small, white-bloomy cones both giant umbos. Cupressus lusitanica Dzsami conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus lusitanica benthamii Dzsami Cupressus lusitanica Polanco 1987 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from seed collected in Mexico City, Polanco in a public park Leader stem strong pink, often cristata-formed. Thin, threaded, curved sprouts in resound green colour, back blueish, bloomy. Small, bloomy, certain elongated cones. Good hardiness, in drought also fast growing. Cupressus lusitanica Polanco conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus sempervirens Might 2011 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of a plant in a public park in Budapest, HUN A well shaped, 1 m broad ,cylindrical habit, 15 m tall. Deep green, mat, dense foliage, very thin sprouts. Bark grey, near smouth. Cones little, globose. Cupressus sempervirens Might Arizonica Arboretum HUN Cupressus sempervirens MPH Aranycirmos 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN Wild found gold tipped dense optimistic faced sport on a dwarf european cypress in a Budapest cemetery. Mother is an aged green exemplar with 2 meters at 25 years. I think, this beauty must be carried back to the mediterrain countries, they have never seen suck like wonders. Hardy in Z6. Cupressus sempervirens MPH Aranycirmos conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus sempervirens MPH Aranycirmos conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus sempervirens MPH Hanna 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN The gardener owner of this cypress found it in 1975 on her mothers tomb, and planted later to the house garden. A vital, rough european cypress seedling with a fresh green character in a world, where this cypress is likely wanted to be fastigiate, super columnar. Not this one, who remains the good old times, as Cupressus sempervirens had her own natural life. Named by the owners granddaughter, who is 3 years old. A cultivar for the future with rich plant history. Thanks for care and saving. Hardy in Z6. Cupressus sempervirens MPH Hanna conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus sempervirens MPH Hanna conifertreasury.org photo Cupressus sempervirens MPH Hanna conifertreasury.org photo Zsolt conifertreasury.org...See MoreOrganic Conifering 7
Comments (0)Last chapter Pinus brutia Runaway 2010 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of suburban Korkuteli 1050 m, TUR 4 meters in height, lonely stands near an old planted forest. Spontaneous reproduction in maquis /Quercus coccifera/. Needles 8-15 cm, straight, bright, lively green. On bark of adult twigs striking marks of bundles. Cones 10 cm long, regular, sharp. One years axis brown with violet touch. Pinus brutia Runaway Hodi Toth, Jozsef photo Pinus mugo MPH Csepp 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN Closed conical fastigiate green form, selected of seed. 2 meters in 25 years. Pinus mugo MPH Csepp conifertreasury.org photo Pinus mugo MPH Verseg conifertreasury.org photo 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN Regular globose dwarf selection of seed, 1 meter in 25 years. Pinus mugo MPH Verseg conifertreasury.org photo Pinus nigra Isaszeg 1980 Kiss Balazs found in Isaszeg HUN of seed A slow growing seedling dwarf with a dense habit, looks like a mushroom. Grows very slowly. The original plant is living in Isaszeg around the Roman Catholic church, her grafts got the name. Some of them are living in the Kiss Bal�zs Collection, Domos, HUN. Pinus nigra Isaszeg conifertreasury.org photo Pinus nigra Jegenye Arizonica Arboretum HUN 2010 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of a plant in a Budapest Suburban public park, HUN 8 m tall with slender cylindrical crown, arched side leaders. Broadest diameter maybe 1,5 m. Dense foliage, needles 15-20 cm long, thin, flexibile, deep green, like a subtropic pine. Cones little, red-brown, umbo no prickly but roundish. Bark cracked, boards peel, grey. Pinus nigra Jegenye Arizonica Arboretum HUN Pinus nigra ssp. salzmannii Jegenye Pinus nigra MPH Enese Gomboc 2011 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN Globose giant dwarf, needles green, buds white, small cones. 2 meters in 20 years. Wild found in a village main street among many other conifer seedlings. Pinus nigra MPH Enese Gomboc conifertreasury.org photo Pinus nigra Sweet Temper 2010 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of a plant in a Budapest suburban public park, HUN 8 m tall with slender cylindrical crown, down descend side leaders. Broadest diamater max 1 m. Dense foliage, needles 15-20 cm long, thin, flexibile, deep green, like a subtropic pine. Under third of crown very dense, like a thick green carpet. Cones very little, red-brown. Bark very cracked, boards peel, grey-red. Pinus nigra Sweet Temper Arizonica Arboretum HUN Pinus nigra ssp. salzmannii Sweet Temper Pinus nigra Tender Giant 2010 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of a plant living in a public park of a Budapest suburb, HUN 8 m tall with broad conical crown, horizontal side leaders. Needles 15-20 cm long, thin, flexibile, deep green, like a subtropic pine. Under third of crown very dense, like a green carpet. Cones little, red-brown. Bark very cracked, boards peel, grey-red. Pinus nigra Tender Giant Arizonica Arboretum HUN Pinus nigra ssp. salzmannii Tender Giant Pinus pinea Rakoczi 2007 Hodi Toth Jozsef HUN from sport of a plant living in a garden in Budapest, HUN / from seed of Istria, CRO More than 20 years old plant, 5 m high, well shaped. Never got any frost damage. Needles longer as usual, curved, deeper green as type. Pinus pinea Rakoczi� conifertreasury.org photo Platycladus orientalis Kophaza conifertreasury.org photo 2001 Nagy Zsolt, Sopron HUN Wild found in Kophaza HUN main street as a sport of Platycladus orientalis. Conical habit, leaves freshgreen, dense foliage, coherent form. Grows as usual, nice sight in the garden. Platycladus orientalis Kophaza conifertreasury.org photo Platycladus orientalis MPH Zoldsziv 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN Globose form, like a green heart, 2 meters in 25 years. Platycladus orientalis MPH Zoldsziv conifertreasury.org photo Pseudotsuga menziesii MPH Szundi 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN Freshgreen conical dwarf, 3 meters in 40 years. Pseudotsuga menziesii MPH Szundi conifertreasury.org photo Sequoiadendron giganteum MPH Szende 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN A natural dwarf, 4 meters in 35 years with nice conical habit and powdered blue short branchlets. Wild found on the shore of Lake Balaton. Sequoiadendron giganteum MPH Szende conifertreasury.org photo Sequoiadendron giganteum MPH Szende conifertreasury.org photo Taxus baccata MPH Menhir 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN Broad, but coherent fastigiate female form. Taxus baccata MPH Menhir conifertreasury.org photo Taxus baccata MPH Zoldike 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN Freshgreen-lemonade sport of an old Taxus baccata Overeynderi. A historic cultivar in a more optimistic new clothing. Grows as usual. Taxus baccata MPH Zoldike conifertreasury.org photo Thuja occidentalis MPH Kisinas conifertreasury.org photo 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN An little bit rustic irregular wild found dwarf globose seedling in nice green. 0,6 meter in 20 years. Thuja occidentalis MPH Kisinas conifertreasury.org photo Thuja occidentalis MPH Pepi conifertreasury.org photo 2009 Mesterhazy Zsolt in the cemetery of Pecs HUN Medium size green-blueish column. Thuja occidentalis MPH Pepi conifertreasury.org photo Thuja plicata MPH Furedi Torony 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN A rare narrow columnar find of Thuja plicata, towers since 40 years as a 15 meters sentinel. Thuja plicata MPH Furedi Torony conifertreasury.org photo Thuja plicata MPH Istenfa 2010 Mesterhazy Zsolt HUN This giant really wants to reach the sky with his habit, which remains on a Carpathian spruce. Thanks to the energic side branchlets looks like really a spruce. 25 meters in 40 years, needs very much place in great parks. Thuja plicata MPH Istenfa conifertreasury.org photo Zsolt conifertreasury.org...See MoreHobbiton conifers of the week, May 9th
Comments (10)I don't have much history on it, other than I acquired it from a local nursery labeled as 'Golden Gnome Oriental spruce'. This seems unlikely as I've seen nothing on google showing that name. I'll keep an eye on it and the handful of other smallish, picea orientalis gold flushing plants. We'd all love to see some of your golden clones, show, show! :) -Will...See MoreConifers/Evergreens with Red, Purple, Orange Foliage
Comments (9)Wow. Some great stuff here. Visiting an arboretum in winter is a great idea. The National Arboretum is a few miles away. That will be a great starting point. I've seen pix of Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans' on eBay. But the ones posted here look much more real. That could be a very nice addition here. But it looks like it gets pretty big and grows pretty fast. I found that Iseli has a Cryptomeria Japonica 'Elegans Nana' that is dwarf and globe shaped. That might be a good smaller variety. And I have a local nursery in Boyds, MD, Susanna Farms, that buys a lot from them. So I will ask them about getting some in spring. Iseli has a bunch of other varieties of Cryptomeria Japonica that are smaller. Great suggestion. Platycladus orientalis Morgan looks like a great one, too - though bronze rather than purple. The pix I saw look also like they're fairly small. Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star' seems to have mixed blessings. Found a thread on it from 2007 where people didn't care for it because it tends to splay... Juniperus communis 'Kalebab' looks nice. My only concern is that sometime my wife may decide it is dying (no matter what I say) and cut it down while I'm at work. Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother lode' looks good. Gold and blue-grey during the summer, and gold/bronze/purple in the winter. Calluna vulgaris 'Wickwar Flame' and 'Firefly'? I never thought of heather as an evergreen. But if it is, I guess I'll have to start giving more of them a second look. Finally, the Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Heather Bun' look like they're worth a look. Thanks all for the suggestions. Up until now, I've been kind of limited to trying to find Picea Abies 'Rubra Spicata'....See Morepineresin
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