10" wet heavy snow. Wind swept the yard clean in places and piled it up 2 feet in others. 18"-20" from Brainerd north to Jenkins & east. Power outages for 6,500 residences in the lakes area. 9 deg. tonight.

My back hurts just thinking about it. That's the type of snow that breaks White Pine branches. No snow here, but a mighty wind.

A self-sown Larix this morning:

That's a nice looking tree. Looks like it came up in a good place.

That is a nice looking larch. Do you know the species?

Mike, it is a little close to our swimming pool. It came up in 2006, and shot up quickly the first few years before I have a chance to move it to a 'proper' location. So I have to arrange things around it to accommodate it and make it look at home. It seems to like that dry spot.

maackia, I am not a conifer identification expert. My guess is it is a Larix decidua based on its somewhat greyish new shoots in spring and graceful foliage. I have cultivars of various species (decidua, kaempferi, laricina etc.) in the garden. Could be any one of them.

I saw these in a field near Boring, Oregon. I didn't see a label.

Looks like a field full of 'Cousin It', Mike!

Mike, that looks pretty good. Anything more exciting in Boring, Oregon?

So nice, I love when everyone contributes photos! Here's a few from today.

Acer palmatum 'Shishigashira' colored up nicely today.

Really nice! What's the bluish green conifer in the second photo on the right?

Green Giants waaay South in Zone 8

Stuart, are you referring to my second photo or Mike's photo 2nd from the top? If mine, it's Picea engelmannii 'Bush's Lace'. I think I saw that you have one =) .

Thanks. Yes I was referring to your photo.

Mike, that last photo looks like a postcard, beautiful.

Garen, is that a nootkatensis behind the Bush's Lace? If so, what variety?

I'll add a few of my fall colors in.

Wow, great stuff. That's a fantastic lawn.

The nootkatensis is 'Green Arrow'. I just love the feel of the pendulous foliage. I like their fragrant smell even though some may not like it. I also have 'Glauca Pendula', 2 small 'Sparkling Arrows', and I just added a small 'Boyko's Sundown' AKA 'Boyko's Aurea'.

Beautiful photos everyone.

Microbiota decussata. It's not bold or flashy, but this is a splendid plant in every season.

Speaking of not bold or flashy, my juniper communis has turned more brownish the last few weeks. I don't have a recent picture and it was just planted this fall.

Heck yeah! Took some pics today. :)

My Leland Cypress are still growing way down here in Bam Bam. The GG's are early sleepers this year.

My young Taxodium.

That's a nice one! :-)

Another colorful pic. My larch looming in the center background among the greenery,

Oh my! What Chamaecyparis is that and is it one plant or a grouping?

According to Edwin Smits, it's a C. pisifera 'Avenue'. It is multi-stemmed and my favorite tree on our property. BTW, a few years ago, Edwin requested cuttings from particular areas of the tree for propagation and may be introduced in a few years. I have yet to hear from him regarding production. Here's another photo taken on the same day.

Taxodium distichum 'Cascade Falls'

Dawn Redwood

@ zephyrgal pacific nw I remember our conversation a few years back about C. pisifera 'Avenue'. Is there a name for the new plant that Edwin has cuttings of? He is on the facebook conifer forums more these days..

J

Yes, taxo_man. Two cuttings, 'Kyote Grove' and 'Mackie'. I recently wrote to Edwin and haven't heard from him thus far. I'm not a FB member, perhaps you could inquire? I'm anxious to see how they produced.

I love that bright yellow larch. So for everyone who has a kaempferi larch, what zones are you in? I would love to grow one but worried that it might not tolerate the hot summer zone 7a so well since they like 'cool' summers and my area's summer is certainly not cool. Hardiness states a maximum of zone 7 which means its kind of pushing it, right?

L. kaempferi shouldn't be a problem in NJ, I grow in TN.

EARLY FALL , MOST OF THIS COLOR HELD TILL COUPLE WEEKS AGO

ron

way out back

not conifer but evergreen,,,Phyllostakyis nuda,,,with contorted mulberry and corkscrew willow in back

I've had a happy Larix kaempferi 'Pendula' for years now in Indiana and have seen a great specimen growing in NJ. Plant one!

Great color Ron. Is that awesome red Japanese blood grass?

Garen, absolutely love how your garden appears to be maturing from a few years ago. Please consider showing more!

Garen , yes , blood grass,,,that stuff rocks

what's your green ground cover , pic 2,,,sweet woodroof ?

ron

Thanks so much. I let most of my garden get consumed by weeds this year but I have some pre-weed invasion spring photos that I can make a separate thread for. I'll post soon.

Ron, loving that blood grass too. I've read that blood grass can be invasive in some locations but for me it hasn't spread much at all and has been a wonderful companion plant for the many years I've had it.

The green ground cover is Iberis sempervirens (Candy Tuft). It stays ever green and has dense white flowers. That reminds me, I need to plant more.

Good reminder to ensure I get a Dawn Redwood at the new place!

Nice pics everyone!

Couple larches from late November!

@zephyrgal pacific nw Edwin says "Please, tell her that both are doing fine and that they're still under observation to see if they're really different from their motherplant. (Cham. pisif. 'Avenue')."

:)

Taxo_man, thank you for the update, not sure why Edwin just didn't email and tell me the same thing! Nonetheless, I appreciate the go between. Too bad the FB conifer forum wasn't open to the public.

zephygal Edwin hangs out here. A closed group but you can join. https://www.facebook.com/groups/planetconifer/?ref=bookmarks

Thanks dcsteg. I wanted to privately thank you and Taxo_man but couldn't figure how to do it? Has Houzz changed things? Doubtfully, I'll ever join FB and I wish former GW members would come back and join in our discussions.

you have to enable messaging on your houzz page

Not fall anymore. :)

But here's some nice Juniperus viginiana I passed by on a trip I made to western Minnesota yesterday. I'm sure they were this color last fall too.