Wow! Those are worthy of being framed and hung in a gallery.

Really incredible. You're highly talented Sam.

And that's a nice camera! :)

-Will

Nice pictures!
Tomorrow or within two days it'll start freezing here, so I'll try to take some pictures too. :)

before spring arrives! (It will come sooner than you think..)

==>>> no monkey.. it wont ...

in you educationary evolution.. make sure to include a stop in the Midwest for a couple years ...

i have the potential.. to see that which you post.. thru 6/1 ... at which point it is summer ...

nothing worse that seeing such ... on fresh growth ... it can and will.. kill such.. and many a plant ..especially non-estblished plants.. will die outright ... not having the stored energy to rebud ... especially the borderline zone pushers ...

boy thats cranky .. lol ... but i am suffering bad from SAD ... seasonal affective disorder ... so cut me some slack ...

regardless of that spital ... BRILLIANT PIX ... i asked a few times what your camera was.. if you told me.. i did not retain it..

and regardless of the camera.. your 'eye' for concept is brilliant ... i see a great future in catalog design for you ... be sure to take some interdisciplinary classes to foster such ...

i remain envious of you chasing your dreams.. thanks for the pix ...

and pshaw on spring ... talk to me in mid to late march.. lol

ken

Ken, get yourself a sun lamp - Or spend a week in florida! SAD is definitely nothing to play with. (I actually kind of like winter - as long as it's cold and snowy)

We are *usually* out of winter by March - We still get a few frosts (like last year, for example), but the spring bulbs begin blooming in late February. I actually can't wait 'til spring! (But, being as it's only January 11, I hope we get a little more snow and cold)

Ken, your matter-of-fact rhetoric is most amusing.
And, I'm using a Canon EOS 60D.. I have Dr. Albers to thank for partially sponsoring my purchase of such a nice camera.

I'll be adding a few more photos later this evening.

-Sam

Here ya go Sam.
My Monkey Puzzle tree!
Mike

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Beautiful photos Sam! And Mike, you gotta rescue those poor monkeys :)

Its a puzzle. They have to figure it out on their own.

Great pix, both of you.

tj

Araucaria araucana makes a nice place for a bird feeder. Squirrels don't climb it. I think a bear would have a hard time.
Cryptomeria japonica, 'Sekkan'. 26 F. That's cold for here, and supposed to get colder. Maybe more snow!
Mike

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That's my friend's dog, Angel.

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Nice Pictures Sam.

I am not far from you and am enjoying the same frosty NW winter day, so I thought I would go out and take a few snaps to add to the post.

Abies procera 'Glauca Prostrata'
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Cham. obtusa 'Chiramen'
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Pinus contorta 'Spaan's Dwarf'
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Pinus mugo 'Carstens'
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Cedrus brevifolia 'Kenwith'
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Cedrus Deodora 'White Imp'
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Abies concolor 'Archers Dwarf'
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Abies koreana 'Kohout's Icebreaker'
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All, stellar pics!

rispetto, what pines are you showing us? :-)

Lovely pictures, both of you! Thanks for joining in.

A few more from today:

Pinus strobus 'Bennett Clumpleaf'
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Pinus cembroides 'Pina Nevada'
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Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Graceful Grace'
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Ginkgo biloba 'Chris's Dwarf'
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If our freezing fog hangs around for tomorrow morning, I will have more pictures to share. Keep yours coming as well, please!

-Sam

Great pics everyone! So well captured.

From above: Pinus wallichiana 'Densa Hill', Pinus densiflora 'Oculus-Draconis', Pinus ponderosa

No frosty conifers, but I've got underwater conifers - We had 4 inches of rain last night, after 1 inch of rain Thursday night, coupled with 8 inches of snow melting (it was 60 the last 2 days) - The little stream behind my house now is 1/4 mile wide - I do have a new water feature now, though!

Seriously, I can't imagine 2 feet of water washing over young spruces is too good for them.

Still raining, now turning to ice - 31 and dropping.

JimBob, I hope the weather is now looking better where you live.

It's still cold and frosty here in Oregon.

Abies concolor 'Wintergold'
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Picea pungens 'Ruby Teardrops'
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Pinus sylvestris 'Green Penguin'
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-Sam

Pinus mugo 'Benjamin'
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Abies koreana 'Brilliant'
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Abies procera 'Jeddeloh' superbly chaotic, may resolve into a more regular low globe.
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Abies nordmanniana 'Hunnewell WB / Broom H'
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Pinus mugo 'Wintergold'. Still incomplete colour but striking to look at with the tips gold.
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Abies alba 'Schwarzwald'
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This post was edited by severnside on Wed, Jan 16, 13 at 7:46

Super nice pics!I wish I could take shots like these at this moment, but everything got squashed underneath three consecutive storms of heavy, wet snow. Even a 10+ feet P.nigra got bent almost all the way to the ground. I'm starting to ask myself what's the use of buying gold or blue or polka dot colored dwarf conifers if I have to shovel the whole backyard to enjoy the sight?

Dan

Well, we ended up not getting much ice (thankfully!). Most of my trees fared the flooding (The water was gone by Sunday evening - Thank goodness for loamy soil and underground gravel beds). I've got a few Red spruces (Picea rubens) in the floodplain, and they're still there, and still alive! Hopefully that was it for the year (Flooding, I mean - It would be nice to get "normal" rainfall, whatever that is), it washed away a fair bit of soil.

Snow has been here for a few days already, but this night was the first night there was fog which froze, so I could finally take some pictures of conifers covered with ice crystals too! :)

The yew about which I started a thread a week ago:
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Picea abies:
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I think Pseudotsuga menziesii:
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Picea omorika:
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WOW! look at all the frosty conifers - fun thread!

I'll add to the parade here in West Linn, OR. Enjoy

Pinus mugo 'Honeycomb'

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Pinus leucodermis (heldreichii) 'Banderica'

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Fore ground: Abies lasiocarpa 'Lopalpun'
Backround: Tsuga canadensis 'Cole's Prostrate'

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Abies koreana 'Kohout's Icebreaker'

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Long view.

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Fantastic Sam, perfection!

Hi alpestris, The big guy on the upper right in the last pic (Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula'), how many times has he swallowed that street sign? ;-)

Alpetris, I accidentally thanked Sam for your pics. They're a similar tonality and I missed your name at the top. To be confused with Sam is flattery indeed, and deserved!

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Thanks, severn.

alpestris is only an hour from where I live which could lend to the "similar tonality." ;-)
I agree the pictures are top-notch quality!

I plan to post some more pictures tomorrow as the fog heads out soon.

-Sam

Thanks everyone! Yes the Cedar has been known to swallow the kids at the bus stop corner. Anyone notice the gum... Some before and after shots after I took out 3 large barberries and trimmed out 1/3. It has since filled in even better...perhaps some Frosty pictures tomorrow!

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Pinus sylvestris 'Fastigiata'
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Abies lasiocarpa 'Logan Pass'
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Snowy conifers too!
I like it.

Pseudotsuga menziesii
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Great Sam!

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Abies nordmanniana 'Golden Spreader'
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Pinus koraiensis

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Turdus pilaris

Clement

Love the icicles and Fieldfare bird Clement.

Abies procera 'Noble's Dwarf'
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Abies alba 'Schwarzwald'
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Row of Pinus strobus
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Juniperus communis.
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Marko

Pinus sylvestris - nice morning:)

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Ireena

Wow, love all these pics!