Dwarf serbian spruce vs birds nest spruce vs mugo pine
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
5 years agojimbecky48
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThis is essentially the spot. We are going to plant a, likely anyways, a Serviceberry Obelisk, a couple small dogwoods and just need to figure out the conifer.
Oh and it is hard for me to order because I am in Canada and Conifer Kingdom requires a mminimum $500 order for shipping.Related Discussions
Siting Birds Nest Spruce and/vs. Mugo Pine
Comments (2)Well I've partly figured out my own question though I would still value input. I googled that Mugo Pine is very hard to determine how big its going to get unless you know a lot about the source. The plant tag I have is very generic. So I guess I would rather not risk it on the south side even though it might not be as hardy for the north side (where there is more room) but thats where one of them is going to go. Not sure where to put the other. Birds nest spruce does not seem open enough for bird use and size can also be pretty variable even when you have a tag that gives a latin name. Hopefully its not too sunny, hot and windy/exposed on the south for it. Unfortunately yew's are great for that, birds love to hide inside yews, but I don't want one....See MoreBirds and other mobile features in the garden 2014 #10
Comments (76)I'm pretty sure this is a first year female RB Grosbeak. A family was born here this year. Just checked Cornell, and I think she should be on her way to South America. Doubt that she would listen to me, but does anyone still have any RBGs around? Of course, I could be wrong and maybe she's a hybrid Lowes/HD sparrow, but she's the only one of her kind here. Jane This post was edited by corunum on Thu, Oct 16, 14 at 17:25...See MorePruning Blue Spruce
Comments (24)Well I got so busy I haven't had time to prune back the candles. They've hardened up a bit and I'm hoping there is no problem with pruning them now in late June. There are new buds on the candles (for next year) already so I hope I can still trim. I included a photo just to be sure I'm doing this right. I can see from Ken and other's comments that this isn't the right plant for this spot, but what the heck, it's already there so I might as well prune it for awhile and see what happens. My finger is where the new candle starts. There is one small bud just to the right of my finger. 2 questions: 1) Can I cut back to that one bud so I get most of the candle removed, and 2) if I cut, say, half a candle will buds form at the cut? In other words, is it better to cut a candle just beyond a bud or doesn't it matter?...See MoreDwarf conifers for heavy snow load
Comments (9)My in laws had a range of various groundcover junipers along the driveway that got snow from the snowblower blown on them for 30+ years. Many other plants were decimated by the snowblower snow, but the groundcover junipers were OK, though typically there was a small amount of damage that needed some trimming each spring. I think that they also had some Microbiota decussata/Siberian cypress (which isn’t a cypress and is quite hardy). Not any of it exciting or particularly unusual, but varied color and texture on a slope that wasn’t movable along the driveway. Alternatively, choose deciduously shrubs like small spireas or Hydrangea arborescens which can be pruned down to the ground in late fall or spring and will sprout back unharmed....See Moremazerolm_3a
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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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5 years agoEmbothrium
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5 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
5 years agojimbecky48
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoSorry, I started to mention dwarf mugos but it was getting late and I deleted it. Ive bought generic “mugo pines” probably 5 times (there are a number of “not fancy” nurseries I go to that carry one and only type of many conifers, including “mugo pine”). Of those 5 or so, just 1 is a slow grower. Sorry for assuming, but based on my experiences if it is just labeled “mugo pine”, it will probably end up like this specimen, a few houses down from me.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
5 years agojimbecky48
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago>Put the spruce in the center of that bed after the plum is taken out. Even there it is eventually going to overwhelm the space and is in the meantime throwing the bed out of balance where it is now. <
Yes from that angle in that picture it looks out of place but we are more concerned with the view directly at it from our house and patio.
I don't have the best picture but as you can see once the sandcherry is removed the white spruce will be more prominent and IMO, well placed.
The garden bed that we just started is to the right of the edging and white spruce and infront of the arborvitae, for reference.User
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Mens Tortuosa(5b Omaha, NE)