Use to have one here, but not any more, removed it some years ago.

how can it have a species name.. in the cultivar name???

perhaps it has been re-named???

hey blue.. no old pic??? .. or do you delete pix .. when you delete the plant ...

ken

I do have a 10 years old specimen at my Pinetum.
Unfortunately no pic yet.

It seems to be a vary rare one...

Never took a pic of mine ken ...

So, why did you remove it bluespruce53?

How big is your 10 year old?

11-06-2006 Hidden Lake ... planted 1995

Frank

This post was edited by starterdude on Thu, Feb 28, 13 at 11:29

it surprises me.. in the collection .. and considering how many pix i take ... that there are certain ones.. that are so uninspiring .. that i have only one or two pix of them ... perhaps at planting of a tiny babe ... and nothing after ...

though franks pic.. starterdude.. sure would make it not seem UN-inspiring ...

blue [indigo pungens?] redid his whole garden a few years back.. and stunned us all.. with what he edited from his collection ... wish i knew the title of that old post ...

ken

Can't really remember now Ingeborgdot, was in the early development of the garden, just didn't fit in with what i wanted to do at the time I guess.

Mine is now about 3 metres (10 feet) high and is one of the brightest yellow conifers in my Pinetum for this moment.

'Aurea Magnifica' is much brighter in it's yellow needle colour then the other yellow Norway spruces like 'Aurea', Aurea Jakobsen' and 'Horstmann's Yellow Form'...

How do you think it compares in size to Picea orientalis Skylands?

'Aurea Magnifica' will grow wider then 'Skylands' as it ages...

Mine is only 2 years old. Wonder when it can take full sun. Shade forming bushes arround it must remain, i think, for at least 2 summers.
How would people here like to try trading conifer grafts by mail. I live in Finland, and we have only few cultivars here from `new continentômost of the nurseries there only mail products to US.
During dormancy seedlings shoud travel ok.
I have several cultivars of picea abies and pinus sylvestris, mutations like for examble aurea forms.
These are originally found in Finland and some of wich have never even been on market. Have been found and traded only between collectors. I have been lucky enought to even find few mutations myself.

Can anyone share some info on the origin of this cultivar? I presume it's an old cultivar from the latin name. I would be interested to learn where and when was it found, by whom, etc.

Also, does it retain the bright gold color shown in the photo all year long? It's quite distinctive.

Alex

This post was edited by maple_grove on Tue, Mar 5, 13 at 9:11

Alex, there's no information about the finder of this cultivar.
The only info I came across is that it was introduced in 1899 by Ottolander & Hooftman from Boskoop, The Netherlands.

This cultivar is a bright golden all year round, but more intensive during winter time...

I have seen nothing about it burning in the sun. I guess i will be finding out how much it can take. It will be in hot sun all day long for awhile in a newly established area.

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My plant, 30 years old 10/12 metrers higt
Clement

I just was talking to a guy that has this plant and it is 20 yrs old but just a little over 6 feet. Wow, how different plants grow in different climates.

I am getting a 4 year old plant. Will it still burn in the sun? I am going to try it and find out. Will the burning kill it?

Following

You’re nothing if not patient, Al. Lol

tj

I ended up getting rid of the plant. It was burned most of the time. I was not willing to wait any longer.

lol tj......Just picked up a little one yesterday and came across the old thread doing a search...
Not planted...sitting here in the pot
...Thanks Scott...

Ignoring eventual size, color wise that looks good there, Al.

tj

boy thats a nicely grown specimen ... care to tell us where you got it???

I picked up a recent graft from Gee Farms based on the specimen I saw in the arboretum. Gary mentioned that it doesn't burn in full day sun. Wish the one I got looked as nice as your new one, but I like watching them grow up too.

My climate was just too tough on the Aurea Magnifica. I'm sure in other cooler climates, it should be just fine.

in colder zones.. many of the yellow tissued plants get winter burn ... so it not just cooler summer days.. it has to do with how protected the plant is from winter wind .. especially after winter winds are howling all night long.. both combines to desiccate leaf tissue.. and then burn ... and often in minor cases .... it doesnt SHOW until spring.. and then youre thinking something is happening in spring.. when it happened months ago ...

ken

Mine wouldn't show burn until the latter part of July when the heat really came on.