Ademink, there's sure lots there to see besides conifers (probably a great garden to wander with morning coffee in hand), but you've certainly got some conifers to envy - I am currently "Van den Akker hunting," so to speak, so am duly impressed. Love the site, love the plants. Thanks for showing. KarinL

Alexander, this is wat I would recomment you: European section: Dwarf/tall mini 1: Abies nordmanniana 'Filip's Perfect Column' Bed 1: (minis and semi minis) -Abies pinsapo 'Ronda Mt.' -Picea abies 'Wichtel' -Picea omorika 'Morava' -Pinus mugo 'Milky Way' -Pinus sylvestris 'Brobeck's Watermelon' Bed 2; (minis and semi minis) -Abies alba 'Schwarzwald' -Abies nordmanniana 'Münsterland' -Juniperus communis 'Goldschatz' (ground cover) -Pinus cembra 'Liliput' -Pinus heldreichii 'Smidtii' -Pinus mugo 'Ophir' -Pinus sylvestris 'StÃÂ¥le Sørensen W.B.' Asian section: Dwarf/tall mini 2: Abies koreana 'Verdener Dom' Bed 3 (minis/semi minis): -Abies koreana 'Silberkugel' -Abies veitchii 'Kramer' -Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Butterball' -Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Silverlode' -Picea orientalis 'Tom Thumb Gold' -Pinus koraiensis 'Blue Ball' -Pinus parviflora 'Regenhold' Bed 4 (minis/semi minis) -Abies koreana 'Kohouts Icebreaker' -Abies veitchii 'K2001' -Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Chilworth' -Ginkgo biloba 'Troll' -Juniperus conferta 'All Gold' (ground cover) -Larix kaempferi 'Blue Dwarf' -Picea orientalis 'Barnes' -Pinus parviflora 'Pygmy-yatsubusa' -Sciadopitys verticillata 'Mecki' American section: Bed 5 (minis/semi minis) -Abies balsamea '94018' -Picea glauca 'Cecilia' -Pinus banksiana 'Banská Stiavnica' Bed 6 (minis/semi minis) -Abies balsamea 'Jamie' -Abies concolor 'Kojakovice' -Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Jalako Gold' -Picea mariana 'Blue Planet' -Picea pungens 'Blaukissen' -Picea sitchensis 'Pevé Wiesje' -Pinus flexilis 'Tara Mae' -Pinus strobus 'Horsford' -Thuja occidentalis 'Mirjam' Bed 7(minis/semi minis) -Abies balsamea 'W.B. 1' -Picea pungens 'Waldbrunn' -Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Marieke' I put some time in this plan, the combinations I suggest will work fine for your to create a very nice dwarf conifer garden. What also is very important, I double checked if all are availlable, you can start planting right away ;0)

Interesting question, David. I don't consider myself a collector, but I do have a few clones on the place. Oddly enough, the conifers that seem to elicit the most interest are, much to my surprise,the deciduous types (i.e. Larix, Pseudolarix, and Metasequoia). I want to yell at them, "hey, that's a Abies koreana 'Silberlocke' you just walked past," but I really don't think they give a hoot. Probably the one garden conifer that draws more interest than any other is Weeping White Spruce, which I think it an absolute gem. On the other hand, the folks typically visiting my place are not exactly horticulturally sophisticated. Lets just put it this way, if I posted a picture of them I doubt any of you would recognize them. ;)

Marshall, I appreciate the heads up. I suppose it was bound to have happened sooner or later. I have posted quite a few pics over the last few years, and new it was a risk that someone might swipe one. I figure though, I can always go in the back yard and take another one that looks bigger and better next Spring, and its funner sharing them. Kmanzfive, the Pinus aristata 'Lemon Frost' was selected by Don Howse from porterhowse I believe. It's growing 2-4" a year for me right now. It's supposed to be frosted yellow in the Summer, but has never really colored up really well for me. It's still a favorite though because it has stayed small and I really like Pinus aristata. Thanks, Dan