thanks for posting , Josh ,wow lots of fir,,,,afraid to plant any,,,northern Il.

ron

Great plants. Abies squamata has beautiful blue cones, I see yours had some earlier.

Well, as long as you know you could have trouble with some of them, eventually. I assume most species here are seedlings and not grafts? (except for the A. squamata, which is usually grafted)

Do you have a Abies holophylla? Supposedly a tough one in zn 5-6 climates.

Last photo: what's the tree in the background? May I see a photo of the bark?

You really should re-locate the plant tags to an upper branch Abies las. var. arizonica looks like it could be tight. All others should be relocated, too... it's time.

Dax

Hi David,

The A. squamata, A. lasiocarpa, and A. koreana are grafted. The others are on their own roots.

Yes, Indiana is not ideal Abies territory, I know, but I think it could be worse. The A. fraseri came from southern MI, and seems to be doing ok so far. I'm hopeful that the A. equi-trojani will do decent in our warmth and clay. A. homolepis I'm less sure about, but there's a decent specimen not far from here. A. fabri will probably die, but that's okay; it was just an experiment. :)

Yes, I do have a holophylla. There's a pic in another post I did, asking about staking.

Thanks,

Josh

Hi Dax,

It's an Acer rubrum; I can provide a pic if you like.

Thanks for the suggestion about the tags; I'll do so.

Best,

Josh

No, pic not necessary.

Dax

Abies lasiocarpa 'Glauca Compacta'

==>>> i dont think that name is right ... my dB shows it as Abies lasiocarpa [var. arizonica] 'Compacta' .... meaning the part in parens was corrected here over the years ..

stunning plant ... will always look like it has 4 to 6 leaders... dont worry about that ...

now if the freakin pix will load

carp.. will try a new post

ken

and.... my note in my dB says: Abies concolor -- sold as A. holophylla

i think.. back in the day.. resin corrected the name ...

and the compacta in the pix above is 12 years old ... from your size ... not sure about whether glauca is redundant.. or should be in there ...

have you ever been to celtic conifers.. up saginaw mi way ... see link

ken

http://www.celticconifers.com/index_ns.html

A couple small firs.

A. holophylla in 3rd season:

A long-suffering, 9-yr old A. concolor. Hurt badly by annual deer-rubs, but hanging on:

Hi Ken,

Nope, wasn't aware of Celtic Conifers. Looks interesting, though; maybe sometime I'm in MI I can check it out. Always glad to find a new conifer nursery.

Josh

i was thinking you were MI based when i mentioned saginaw ...

and he is old school... if you ever plan on visiting.. use the PHONE... and set up an APPOINTMENT ... this is not really a commercial business ... he is an old fashioned one man operation ... and has incredibly restrictive digging procedures ... like early spring.. and fall ...

but then. i havent seen him in years ...

ken