Thanks, whaas. I almost planted it today, but just not sure if it would get enough sun for it to shine. I'm kind of stumped at the moment where to place it. P. omorika does seem to be a bit more shade tolerant than most spruce, but the last thing I'd want is to cause sparseness to a tree that already seems on the thin side.

Very different climate from you but I have a couple of Picea omorika cultivars that I planted in what later turned out to be too shady and they are doing fine. One, though, the 'Aurea' is not showing any yellow color. Looks like the species.

Goodness, the two of you just made my decision easy. Thank you. The reason I had an inkling Serbian Spruce has some shade tolerance is a small park here in Eau Claire, which has a few planted throughout. They are on the north side of a steep hill (used to have a ski jump), with numerous large deciduous tree casting shade to boot. They're not full and vigorous, but they look pretty damn good.

Sarah, are you ever jealous of gardening in west-central WI? Yeah, I didn't think so.

Most of the bluer, new growth this year was about 1.5". The leader grew about 3". This was the second spring after being ripped out of Will's garden 2 years ago this October. It has irregular growth here, more clusters, then sparse areas. 5' right now.

This spring starting to push.

Steve

Cincysteve, thanks for sharing that. It looks good and seems to be settling in nicely. I was geared up to plant it this weekend, but we're looking at temps in low to mid 90's, which is hotter than any weather we had this summer.

7 years old. It can take full sun. Medium growth 4-5 inches per year at the leader. Only 2-3 inches at the branches. Reacts well to pruning. Looks awesome in Spring and Winter.

I need to move this dude to a new site next year to show it off its beauty. It needs to stand alone as a specimen.

J.N

I don't know, J.N, I'd be reluctant to move a tree that size and that is doing that well. I like it. Would that be the front of your house?

The site I've chosen is about 20' from a Abies lasiocarpa 'Glauca Compacta'; separated by a Nikko Maple, which is now about 12'T x 8'W. Looking at your picture, I see a resemblance between the two conifers. I'm probably overthinking this, but would the similarity and closeness be discordant?

@maackia

It is on the left side of my house :-). I want to move it the right corner of the house on a large bed.

The Nikko JM will make them look nice in the Spring when the new push pop out. I would plant some dwarf green Pinus Parviflora plants around the Abies lasiocarpa 'Glauca Compacta' and they will make it pop too :-).

J.N

Just call me Dave

Thanks, Dave. :)

did you buy dave's place

ron

It's sold but i stil post photos of it. Now building my small garden.probably 20-30 miniatures and small dwarfs.

so who is Conrad ?

can't wait to see small garden

ron

So Dave are you also conrad? Good to see those pix again.

tj

Yes, your still stuck with me. When I moved I had to change all user names and PW along with new email address. You could see it either way here. So when you see conrad your seeing Dave also, or vise versa. A Houzz issue. A real pain. I am glad to see you are still around tj.