Hello all, 5 weeks later this is how things are doing. just a general view of the main part. and the aceratum (just kidding. 6-7 acers doesn't make an aceratum but it's fun thinking of it like that) 'Garnet', 'Katsura', 'Arakawa', 'Jerre Schwartz', 'Autumn Moon', 'Viridis', 'Orange Dream', Atropurpureum' close view of some new adittions under the shade of Cedrus libani (Acer palmatum 'Deshojo', Juniperus squamata 'Holger', Picea glauca 'Sander's Blue' Is this squamata 'Holger'??? and when I thought I decided on to what is the best color on a conifer, here came Abies nordmanianna 'Golden Spreader' with the almost "neon" shining colors to make me think again... 'Skylands' and it's brother Picea orientalis 'Early Gold' which I don't think it so 'early' given the fact that it is the latest bloomer I have along with my Sequoiadendron giganteum... Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Smaragd' on the path entrance. Pinus mugo 'Wintergold' with a pollen cone. and to finish with the yellow ones, one of my favorite Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Uwe's Golden' 'Rainbow's End'. Not much of a show this year, hoping for more next year or so... Abies koreana 'Kohout's Ice Breaker' along with Picea glauca 'Liliput' Abies koreana 'Bonsai Blue'. Lost some color over the winter. Abies lasiocarpa 'Compacta'. Lost a branch but overall seems vigorous. Pinus mugo 'Mughus' showing great variations... Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa' with it's bigger brother 'Hoopsi' and last, one of my blooming rododendrons with Taxus baccata 'David' and Cedrus libani ssp atlantica 'Glauca' in the background. Regards, Fotis

Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa' Must be renamed back in Juniperus chinensis 'Kaizuka' Mis-tagged when I bought it or name change recently? Cryptomeria japonica 'Tensan' Must be written as Cryptomeria japonica 'Tenzan' My source and tagged as such. Cryptomeria www.iselinursery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&âÂÂid=...Cryptomeria japonica 'Tensan' Globe Shaped: 7: Miniature: Green: This tiny cultivar has an extremely dense habit with foliage that is dark green in summer, red-bronze in winter. Edwin no work at all for me and thanks. We are both achieving our goals. Ken..."and what is behind it all"? Fiddlegal08 ...That's Raywood my T-Rex AKA Cupressus glabra 'Raywood's Weeping. He has never had the pruning shears remake him and always fends me off if I try. A weird cultivar that I have just left to its own devices. In the last 4 years the top 1/3rd has rotated 90 degrees to the south. I guess to get or sun. Dave

Dave, I took have a Picea glauca 'Goldilocks' in part shade in the ground. It's growing quite well and I am hopeful as well. If I can get away with it I prefer golden/bright conifers in part shade so they light up those usually drab areas. Also, I am indeed lucky to be so close(and befriended) by some of the 'heavy hitters' in this hobby. I hope to meet more in the years to come as well as the next generation of master conifer collectors - yourself included. Bob said the 'Pendula Bruns' started off growing at a wierd angle and when it got older, he propped it up with that metal arbor. Now(if you look closely), you can see it is forming a new main leader. That plant to me is priceless. Just an amazing testament to how neat and unique conifers can be. Like people, many have their own personalities. Personally I'd like to see Bob and Diane write a book(with LOTS of pictures of course). I think the information they have to share as well as the specimen sized conifers would be invaluable to the community. Dax, I think there are people in life who are fortunate and then there are people who work hard like Bob and Diane. They are living testimony to the values and benefits of hard work. What a great life they have indeed. On Edith, I would give it a very high rating just based on what little I have seen. I gave it a special spot - near the base(trunk) of one of my most red acer palmatums - hopefully over the years the *superb* blue color of Edith can contrast wonderfully with 'Trombley's Red Sentinal'. I'm pretty sure this plant's color sits comfortable in the top 5-10 of blue spruce varietie. It's an amazing tone and very very bright. Will

boy you are having fun.. i remember when i was at this stage ... mountain dew is a spring yellow .. presuming you consider Dew yellow??? ... lol .. it greens over summer .... daisy white is also a spring growth white..... while its sister rainbows end.. is a spring yellow ... RE does recur with a second flush later in summer [i am not sure on DW] .. on both.. the color change.. and the dwarf growth habit .... is what differentiates it from the giant grandmomma Picea glauca ... i hope you understand.. that many of these will not be happy in z10 ... if that is where you are ... ken