My selections:

Abies x phanerolepis 'Midnight Steel'
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Picea pungens (Dax's Provisional) yet to be named
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Derksen'
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Abies nordmanniana 'Lime Lights'
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Abies nordmanniana 'Lime Lights'
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Abies nordmanniana 'Lime Lights'
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Dax

Dax,
I like your Lime fir. I also made a lime Abies cilicica, which keeps the colour all the year, like this one.
Zsolt

An other fir of Greg Williams

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Abies nordmanniana KBNG Mesterhazy & Valenta photo

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Abies nordmanniana KBNG Mesterhazy & Valenta photo

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Picea engelmannii Heike # 67 Mesterhazy & Valenta photo
Found by Kohout in America with Jerry Morris, named after his wife.

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Picea engelmannii Jasper Mesterhazy & Valenta photo
Jerry Morris find

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Picea engelmannii Jasper Mesterhazy & Valenta photo

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Picea engelmannii Pocahontas Mesterhazy & Valenta photo

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Picea engelmannii Pocahontas Mesterhazy & Valenta photo

Zsolt

Cryptomeria japonica 'Komodo Dragon' picture taken at Cox Arboretum, Canton, Georgia original plant came from at sport on 'Black Dragon' growing at Hawksridge Farms in Hickory, North Carolina

Cryptomeria japonica 'Georgia Moon' named by Tom Cox from a seedling selection found at Moon Tree Farm in Loganville, Georgia

Cryptomeria japonica 'Georgia Moon' named by Tom Cox from a seedling selection found at Moon Tree Farm in Loganville, Georgia

Great shots, thanks Tom!

Some rare american conifers:

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Picea engelmannii Stanley Mountains Mesterhazy & Valenta photo
Found as a broom by Jerry Morris on the Berthoud Pass

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Picea engelmannii Stanley Mountains Mesterhazy & Valenta photo

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Picea glauca Baby Mesterhazy & Valenta photo
Probably an american selection, first listed 2004 by Fantastic Plants Nursery TN

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Picea glauca Baby Mesterhazy & Valenta photo

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Picea glauca Burning Well Mesterhazy & Valenta photo
Broom of Joe Stupka, introduced by Larry Stanley and Gary Gee.

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Picea glauca Rys Mesterhazy & Valenta photo
Found as a broom by Josef Rys & Jan Beran CZ in Canada, 2001.

Zsolt

Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium 'Prairie Sentinel'. A selection from Earl Culley of Jacksonville, IL found in 1968 in White County, IL. Picture taken at Cox Arboretum, Canton, Georgia

What is american?

By my point of view a conifer is american if found in the States and Canada. If an american finds what abroad, or foreigners find what in America they are shared between America and the other country.
In the last decade many czech, austrian and german breeders found nice selections, they are american-czech, american-austrian and american-german shared shots, listed in both countries.

The estimated number of shared conifers may reach the number of 3-400!

Zsolt

Anyone of you may ask what is going on?

I try to organize the gallery of the greatest conifer nation of the World in one.

I expect we may have about 6500-7000 documented conifer cultivars, not yet counted. I can divide this cultivar mass to 3 thirds. In 2010 I published the Conifer Treasury of the USA & Canada with 4800 cultivars. Since that time we have much more.

The first third may be 2500-3000 plants, which are generally well known for collectors, may have about them better infos, as usual. Descriptions, photos, breeders etc.

The second third are a company of about 2000, described in the last 2 years (Jerry file 1325, Waxman file 100, Greg Williams file 100, and further newly found 500 cultivars), which was organized by me together with many other conifer friends in the USA, Canada and Europe).

Finally I see a dark last third, which are listed in different times by american nurseries 30 years back, where we have just names and a nursery where they were ever listed. This company maybe of about 2000. I expect the 80-90 % of them are really americans, hopely. As I work only from written sources (beside my own eyes), it seems to care these dark cultivars, and wait for better times, as we could get more datas about them. I hope that the dark parts may get some light with a common action.

Please, share us the hidden conifers of your backyard.

Finally a remark to the attached file. The 1000 ACS photo links are no more valid, as the ACS database was reorganized since that time to new IDs. In the new edition these will be replaced.

Zsolt

Here is a link that might be useful: Conifer Treasury of the USA & Canada 1.0 2011

Picea abies 'Sherrie' - spring flush
Found and introduced by Keith Guess & Dax Herbst. Named for my Mom, Sherrie.
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Picea abies Sherrie - yellow-tipped the rest of the year
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Picea abies Sherrie - a very dense W.B.
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Picea abies 'Chillin' Phil'
Found and introduced by Keith Guess and Dax Herbst.
Named for My Dad, Phil.
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Picea abies 'Chillin' Phil' - a W.B.
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Dax

Pinus strobus 'Keokuk Koner'
Found and introduced by Keith Guess and Dax Herbst.
Ornate purple-blue cones accompany the spring-growth of this W.B.
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Pinus strobus 'Keokuk Koner' - only image I have of the purple cones. I apologize for the blurriness.
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Pinus strobus 'Keokuk Koner' - Keith Guess holds his find. Keith found this broom in Keokuk, Iowa.
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Dax

An old cultivar of Lawrence C. Hatch in 1985. Also known as Minima Falls.

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Picea orientalis Mt. Vernon Mesterhazy & Valenta photo

Zsolt

here's my addition.

Picea abies 'Anita's Golden Cloak,' created at Coenosium Gardens, Eatonville, WA by Bob Fincham. This is a seedling selection resulting from a cross of Picea abies 'Gold Drift' x 'Acrocona.'
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closeup showing early spring "flowering."
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Larix occidentalis 'Bollinger.' From the Jerry Morris Rocky Mountain collection.
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closeup:
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Cedrus libani 'Beacon Hill,' found in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, presumably by Gordon Bentham.
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I have many other unique, American-grown cutivars, but they are all too small to make good examples for this treasury. Nonetheless, I'll see what else I can come up with.

~Dave

Pinus virginiana 'Bernie' from a broom found at Bernheim Arboretum in Clairmont, Kentucky. Picture taken at Cox Arboretum, Canton, GA. Grandson Colt in picture

Taxodium distichum var. distichum 'Twisted Logic' seedling found and named by Tom Cox, Canton, Georgia

Taxodium distichum var. distichum 'Twisted Logic' seedling found and named by Tom Cox, Canton, Georgia

Pinus strobus 'Sea Urchin' from the late Dr. Sydney Waxman from seed from a broom. Photo taken at Cox Arboretum, Canton, Georgia

Pinus strobus 'Sea Urchin'

Pinus taeda 'Nana' from JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, North Carolina. Photo taken at Cox Arboretum, Canton, Georgia

Tom,
I guess I like the Rockies, then the soft conifer world of Sid, then the wet Oregon and the mysterious South, which is also a nice home of conifers. Just for others. You can help us to discover the South with your enormous knowledge.
Zsolt

Thuja occidentalis 'Fire Chief' Originally found by Gabe Cessarini as a branch mutation of Thuja 'Rheingold'. Photo taken at Cox Arboretum, Canton, Georgia

Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Velvet'. Originated in Florida. Photo taken at Cox Arboretum, Canton, Georgia

Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Velvet'. Originated in Florida. Photo taken at Cox Arboretum, Canton, Georgia

Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Velvet'. Originated in Florida. Photo taken at Cox Arboretum, Canton, Georgia

One of my own introductions:

Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Albers Elegant Weeping'
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Scions have been distributed to various nurseries. New strictly weeping variety with silver-green foliage from Gig Harbor, Washington.

-Sam

Pinus longaeva 'Schulman Grove' reportedly synonymous (?) with P.l 'Horstmann' but according to Edwin it was discovered by Jerry Morris. I may make a question thread about this if it slips Edwin's notice here.

Pinus longaeva 'Schulman Grove'
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Dave,
Hortmann found 2 longaevas in America. Hexenbesen 1 and Hexenbesen 2, which is also mentioned as Horstmann. I think this happened in the 80's.
I'm informed by Franz Etzelstorfer, that Schulman was found in 2006 together with Jorg Kohout as they visited Jerry Morris. They three found some brooms together with Jerry, after that Franz and Jorg made other expeditions. They found a lot of brooms in the Southwest, which are listed by me and Etzelstorfer in Conifer Treasury of Austria 2.0 in 2012.
I had to go back to Franz to make clear all their american brooms. Franz and Jorg gave a lot of american names, which are very similar to Jerrys name world. It kept a time to divide all their own brooms from the Jerrys brooms. If you have a look at the Austrian 2.0, you will understand it in a second.
Fact is, that Jerry not listed the Schulman till 1996.

I'm not a criminal inspector, I must believe to my author partners, so I do it.

Anyway, your Schulman is a nice broom, thanks.

Zsolt

Here are some Pinus longaeva brooms of America.

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Pinus longaeva Bobo Roy Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
Jerry Morris # 4

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Pinus longaeva Break Down Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Break Up Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Break Up Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012

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Pinus longaeva Coney Ball Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Dwarf Tree Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Gregor Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Grovy Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Hexenbesen 1 Horstmann Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
Horstmann GER in America

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Pinus longaeva Ice Baby Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Ice Baby Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012

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Pinus longaeva Independence Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Rockford Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Sky Mountain Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
2006 Etzelstorfer & Kohout

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Pinus longaeva Sky Mountain Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012

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Pinus longaeva WB Mesterhazy & Malik photo 2012
Unknown origin

Zsolt