In my opinion all superior cultivars. Dave Abie concolor 'Compacta' Slow growing. Excellent for rock gardens. Irregular growing habit. Abies concolor 'La Veta' Cool...Jerry Morris Rocky Mountain Collection. Always desirable. Abies concolor 'Z-mark' No info. Across the pond. Abies koreana 'Blue Magic' If no terminal dominance is developed the plant will be a flat spreading. Abies koreana 'Golden Beskid ' Tough to find in States???. Abies koreana 'Rodzyngold...same Picea abies 'Fritsche' Bright green foliage...full sun to some shade tolerance. Picea abies 'Perry's Gold' Mine doesn't burn in full sun. Picea engelmannii 'Blue Magoo' A striking upright Picea engelmannii 'Compacta' Forms an attractive blue pillar in the landscape. Picea glauca 'Daisy White' Striking white foliage in spring. Picea Glauca 'Fort Ann' For people who want something different although after they see it they usually want something a little less different. Picea mariana 'Aureovarigata' Specimen plant. Picea orientalis 'Daureas' Flushes yellow in spring. Plant is a conical upright. Picea orientalis 'Iseli Seedling' Needs to be screened for two years to acclimate. Picea orientalis 'Spring Frost' Needs a little shade. Hard to find. Picea pungens 'Blaukissen' Slow grower...1 inch...desirable. Picea pungens ''Filip's Blue Compact' Try and find it... Picea pungens 'Gebelle's Golden Spring' One to have...go for it. Picea pungens 'Lundeby's Dwarf' Iseli...very nice. Only full sunlight. A desirable pungens. Picea pungens 'Maigold' In spring bright white on old blue foliage. Upright conical plant to 20 ft and beyond. Picea pungens Spring Ghost In spring new growth emerges a wonderful cream white which covers the entire tree. By June the white needles evolve to blue-green again. Picea pungens 'Waldbrunn' Color and form are both unique when compared with other compact versions of the Colorado spruce. Picea pungens 'Walter Glen' Where to find??? Picea pungens 'Wendy' excellent alternative to Picea glauca Conica Picea pungens 'Wisconsin Cream' An unusual upright evergreen conifer with cream-white needles. Tolerates full sun surprisingly well. Pinus cembra 'Silver Whisper' White striped dark green needles that produce a silvery effect. Pinus contorta 'Chief Joseph' Make sure it is not grafted on sylvestris under stock. Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst' Rare in the trade due to propagating difficulties. Pinus Densiflora 'Gold Ghost' Bright yellow with green margins in the spring. Sustaining its beauty, it holds this brilliant color throughout the fall months. Pinus koraiensis 'Silveray' Silver-blue needles - more blue than the type. Makes a wonderful landscape specimen. Pinus koraiensis 'Winton' A broad pyramid bushy dwarf. Nice color. Pinus mugo 'Fastigiata Aurea' Vigorous upright growth and yellow winter foliage. Pinus parviflora (Glauca) Narrow upright when young, widening with age. Silver-green curved foliage. Love mine. Pinus parviflora 'Glauca Brevifolia' Has short, up-curved, bluish-green needles and many persistent cones at a young age making this a very showy pine. Pinus parviflora 'Goldilocks' A bright yellow foliage Japanese White Pine. Small dwarf with bright yellow leaves. Plant will grow about 6 inches a year. The color is mango yellow not a light yellow. Pinus parviflora 'Templehof' Compared appearance wise to Pinus parviflora 'Glauca' but has a reputation of being a stronger grower. Pinus strobus 'Blue Shag' This light bluish green, small to medium shrub has a formal rounded to slightly broad-rounded habit. Pinus strobus 'Sea Urchin' Stands out as one of the finest of the very small selections of Pinus strobus. Its short, soft needles display more blue than other types. Pinus x 'Forest Sky' A dense, upright evergreen conifer. Often adorned with long ornamental cones. Pinus x schwerinii 'Wiethorst' Famous for ornamental cones at a young age. Tsuga canadensis 'Moon Frost' White new growth that slowly fades to a darker green with white tones, great contrasting colors are what makes this conifer. Tsuga canadensis 'Summer Snow. New white growth on old green foliage. This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed.

Bummer.. guess they didn't need a haircut.. although kids were totally enthralled with the idea of getting to barber shop the plants. Hhahahahahah *sees gleam in their eyes and insists. "We do NOT just give ANY old plant a haircut. ASK FIRST* I ran out of space, so I'm planting 1/2 to 1/3 of my seedlings on a flat rooftop in pots and just understanding that I'll need to water more frequently.. I'm excited to see how they'll do there. Some of the crosses I'm excited about are: Stippled Starshipx Duel Zone Acadian Mystique x Ghost Whispers Swiss Diplomat x Shuffle the Deck and English Lavender x Frank's Catnapping

Thanks all for the comments. Storms have passed so it is safe to be back on the pc. We dropped 15 degrees and can I say it is so nice to be back to cool temps. Chris: The seedling is from 2011. I haven't measured it this year and I think the budcount is down from prior years. I must have 7 or 8 seedlings with this cross...perhaps more in that bed. I'm putting a marker on all the scapes this year to know which ones I'll keep and just take out the rest. RFK kids do throw that green throat so nicely. Have a great 4th of July everyone. Julia

Well if josh can't grow melons in Cali not sure why I even bother! What do you think was the issue Josh? I will say that I wouldn't even bother if I didn't have a greenhouse, my season just isn't long enough and since I only have a tiny greenhouse I could only fit 2 containers in there so I still have 3 melon containers outside. I need to harvest my last sugar baby and swap it out for my American melons I think but I want to make sure my sugar baby is ripe first. Our nights are at freezing now at least a couple times a week. Ugh. Sorry some things didn't so great this year habjalokia, that's the way it goes sometimes. My potatoes and corn were a busy this year, which is weird because usually I get hundreds of pounds of potatoes. Here is one of my American melons we just ate this week we have a couple more on. It's was more of a honeydew style, tasty but probably could have been a bit riper. So juicy though kind of like a cross between a cucumber and a melon. And here are the charentais, a French cantaloupe. We have eaten one and it was delicious. Tiny though.