Ron ronster ronny ron ron.

Looks great and wiiiide. Lot's of filling in to do by the specimens but it's on it way!

Is this a different side to the more densly filled area I've seen before?

Hi , buddy , ya wide open spaces in front (100 x 100) landscaped it 25 yrs. ago , and kinda forgot about it,,,,went to work (play) in back yard.

Have some room for larger plants,,,,recently , have a desire for poofy/long needle plants

any suggestions,,,maybe dwarf ponderosa , or what ever

ron

ps. last pic is , of course , back yard

Pinus jeffreyi 'Joppi'

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Pinus+ponderosa+%27SDL2%27&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=lgZcVY24ENSM7AaDw4LoDQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=828#tbm=isch&q=pinus+jeffreyi+joppi

or Pinus ponderosa 'SDL2' (or maybe called 'WB SDL DD)

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pinus+ponderosa+penaz&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=8AVcVfXeBeb67Aa504DwAQ&ved=0CCEQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=828#tbm=isch&q=pinus+ponderosa+sdl2&imgrc=bvXuWN92u6flfM%253A%3BPLWt797_21GV9M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fpinuslibrary.ru%252Fimg%252FPinus%252FPinus-ponderosa-WB-SDL-DD.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fpinuslibrary.ru%252FPinus_38%252F%3B1000%3B760

For real flounce try Pinus ponderosa 'Tasha'

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pinus+ponderosa+penaz&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=8AVcVfXeBeb67Aa504DwAQ&ved=0CCEQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=828#tbm=isch&q=pinus+ponderosa+tasha

or 'Dixie'

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pinus+ponderosa+penaz&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=8AVcVfXeBeb67Aa504DwAQ&ved=0CCEQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=828#tbm=isch&q=pinus+ponderosa+dixie

Or if sir would like to supersize........how about...that monstrous....penaz....thing?????....?????.....?????

Grows about a kilometer a year

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pinus+ponderosa+penaz&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=8AVcVfXeBeb67Aa504DwAQ&ved=0CCEQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=828

Ponderosa's or (jeffreyi) are magnets for needle disease for Ron and I, severn. He should go with plants such as:
Pinus x schwerinii (species or cultivars)
Pinus rigida x taeda
Pinus koraiensis (species/cultivars)

Dax

Good catch Dax!

Last photo is a beaut. A mature juniperus rigida 'Pendula' always stands out above everything else in the garden. I like!

I second the Pinus x schwerinii 'Wiethorst' and Pinus koraiensis. Don't have one but, I've been needing to pull the trigger on one for a while. Just can't decide on one or the other.

7ern , now THAT'S what I 'm talking about ,,thanks, pics are great,,,,,BUT dax, you say not such a good idea ?

I got a pondy species in back yard,,,been looking kinda funky lately,,,,seen small white spots on needles ,,,,is that what you're talking about ?

really had my heart set on pondy dwarfs,,,,front soil is thinner/dryer than in back,,,any difference ?,,,or is it humidity or what,,,,or north of I 88 _ ha

thanks , garen ,you got rigida ? pic ? saw one in book (you know,paper) fell in love

Have Wiehorst in back, waiting to be moved to front

ron

Humidity.

Dax

I don't really like how pics turned out for this post .on sunny day , i waited til sun went down,,,can't see plants,,,will make new post,,OR,,anybody know how to edit original post ?

ron

The pics look fine Ron, no need to re do this thread. But by all means make another thread with more pics.

Yeah, they look great but of course we can never get enough photos.

I don't have a rigida myself but I can snap a few photos of the big ones in my area next time I take a drive out to town. I do have a small Juniprus communis 'Horstmann' that has a similar look. It's about the same size as your rigida though. I like the swampy hanging moss look they have.

Sciadopitys?

got a poke in the eye , fri. , can't read or see pics

thanks garen ,your stuff looks good,,,,,,,I think,,,was offered Horstmann , but wasn't familiar

your comment about hanging moss fits them both

when you gonna start post

ron

MAN , those are stupendous plants,,,,,thanks

so,,you're in Indiana ?

ron

Garen those are gorgeous. I wish I could grow them this far north. They do look like huge swamp monsters. lolol

Patriot, Indiana along the Ohio River. If you blink you may miss it driving through. It's kind of one of those scary movie small towns where the creepy locals all stare at you and you hope that your car doesn't break down while driving through. =)

uhhhhh, aren't you one of the locals ?

Hahaha creepy locals-- you guys always make me giggle.

Ron thanks for sharing how it's all coming along! Great inspiration for me, and motivation to stay patient with my pitiful-seeming starts. Hard to remember sometimes that things do in fact, grow! And by the way, I love your home!! When we were house hunting, I was originally looking for something just like that but after 3 months and about 30 houses and a time crunch for the start of a decent kindergarten, we settled on a brick rancher that is basically just one big rectangle, no interesting angles whatsoever. Sigh. I'm working with it to the best of my ability and it has other great features we wanted -- inground pool for the family, garage, large basement-- but it's so boring from the outside. Yours is just what I wanted!! Perfect backdrop for this kind of garden. I'm jealous ; )

Nicole

Oh yeah, guess I have to start working on my creepy stare.

I'm with Nicole on liking your house.

hey , thanks , creepy ,and Nicole , you finally came around,,,,don't worry ,things DO grow

parts of front are a jumbled mess,,it'll sort itself out,,,,back yard has been sorting itself for long time,,,,,ron

back yard

Thanks for sharing that backyard, got a few more for my list now of course! Gonna have to eventually carve out some new space because I need a Tanyosho Pine and it's not going to fit next to the house!

Nicole

p.s. Ron I didn't know what you were talking about when you said, "you finally came around" but then I looked at the posts I made from the same time period as this post and I "get it" now! So... I'm sorry, haha! My brain gets hazy so easily sometimes... I would've never even realized. I don't regularly check the forums; just when I search for something specific here or comment on a post. And I see that you mentioned you'd post wider shots but then you gave us a link to "new additions" so I must've thought at the time that's all we were getting. Which was also really cool actually and I made note of a few things there-- I don't mean it like that, like "that's *all* we were getting", but... you understand I hope. See? No condensing here. You get lots and lots of verbage or none at all ; )

Interestingly enough, since the time of that mid-May posting, I have added 2 perennials that my mom gifted to me: one is a little bright green barberry that she'd planted in her next-door neighbors townhouse garden-- 12" from her own plants-- to spruce it up a little as they had a wide bush and then nothing but space, til it hit up against her garden But then *they* moved out, and the new guy hated the barberry and sheared it down to a tiny little ball while she watched, not knowing what to say... and immediately afterward he told her it still wasn't working for him and he'd rather just rip it out. She sheepishly giggled and told him she'd planted it a few years back and wouldn't mind digging it up for her daughter (as I always compliment another one that she has, that's situated right in front of 2 very nicely contrasting things right in front of it... wait for it... Pinks, and in "fire witch" to boot! Now I re-read your post and you mention that plant specifically. Crazy! I'm not sure on a day-to-day basis where I stand with my spiritual beliefs...whether there's a higher power or what I call it-- the universe, nature, God... but I have a good friend that often says, "it's not odd, it's God" and... I'd say that surely pertains here. ; )

The other perennial from Mom are 2 pinks she bought me from a "Bluestone Perennials" and I just planted them yesterday, in front of my barberry... much like Mom's, ha. And yet still very different bc of we surround ours with, separately. I'll have to post a pic once they bloom, if they bloom this year. But REALLY, if you hadn't said "you finally came around", I wouldn't have looked through the old posts and would've never remembered you mentioning the pinks, much less the "fire witch". It didn't mean much to me then bc I usually don't like flowers all that much. Too much work, going around and deadheading all the time. I'm starting to make more exceptions though, especially bc I'm starting to love all aspects of being out in the garden, weeding and deadheading alike.

Anyway. That all is just pretty cool to me for some reason.

Thanks ; )

Hey , Nicloe ,God loves gardeners,,,we paint with (his) creations

if you look for a Tanyosho , make sure it's 'compacta' ,,other one gets real big

also,Pinus densiflora 'Tanyosho Compacta' is illegitimate name,,,don't know what it's supposed to be called,,,,I like the name tanyosho

ron

ps. I come here every day , so it all seems interconnected ,,,kind of one long conversation

Thanks Ron, I made a note if it on my list!