I really liked this one, Pinus parviflora 'Watnong'
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Others:
Pinus parviflora 'Nishiki', 'Bergman', 'Glauca Compacta'
'Fukai', 'Gimborn's Pyramid', 'Gimborns Ideal', 'Goldylocks', 'Hagurumo', 'Pent. Azuma'
'Tani mano uki', 'Adcock's Dwarf', 'Gyokkasen', 'Kiyomatsu', & 'Jim's Mini Curl' has been staring me down lately but I haven't seen the plant.

'Goldylocks' is one of the best.

Dax

in the anything but blue or green catalog:

Pinus parviflora 'Tanima No Yuki' white buds that turn pinkish ...

Pinus parviflora 'Ogon Janome' .. dragon eye variegation

Pinus parviflora 'Goldilocks' S/B GOLDYLOCKS .. gold ..

i really like my P. p. Blue wave

ken

I'll have to get a Blue Wave.

Dax

If you want parvifloras, just contact Dennis Dodge.

Photos of parviflora's would be awesome. Either this thread or start another. There are many I've personally never seen. The name 'Jim's Mini Curl' has enticed me for several years. One of Dennis' plants. Let's see em folks -

Dax

Wow!

I come back to this thread and there are so many recommendations waiting for me! Thanks everyone.

A few of these I am familiar with. But, most of them I am not.

I echo Dax's comments. Photos please!

Thanks!

PlantMarker

A photo of Pinus parviflora "Jim's Mini Curl" are vey appreciate, I read this name for the first time.

Clément.

Hi Plantmarker-
I also like Pinus parviflora 'Blauer Engel'. Mine is just a 4-5 year old graft, but is looking nicer each year. The photos I have are from young plants from previous years(can not get pictures now due to snow cover).
1. Pinus parviflora 'Nellie d'- pushing spring growth(a favorite)
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2. Pinus parviflora 'Little Hedgehog'
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3. Pinus parviflora 'Jims Mini Curl'- This is just a 2nd or 3rd year graft, its even hard for me to see what it will eventually be like.
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shannon

Here are a few more.

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Pinus parviflora 'Hani' - similar to 'Tanima-No-Uki'

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Pinus parviflora 'Richard Lee'

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Pinus parviflora 'Betsy'

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Pinus parviflora 'Regenhold'

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Pinus parviflora 'Linda'

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Pinus parviflora 'Billie'

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Pinus parviflora 'Tenysu-Kazu'

Here are 3 more dwarf forms of Pinus p. in the deep freeze in Kansas City.

Listed in order shown:

'Adcocks Dwarf' Small needles on short stems. Can be flat globe or a upright conical.

'Burke's Bonsai' Leaves are small and blue green. Will grow 4-6 inches a year if not pruned.

'Pent. Azuma' Plant is a real dwarf, growing about 1-3 inches a year. Great for troughs too.

Dave
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My fav's would be:

'Regenhold w/b'
'Beran'
'M-parv. - 7'
'E -2'
'FW - 3'
'Richard Lee'
'Wabi Sabi'
'Myo Jo'
These are all mini's although some like 'Wabi Sabi' and
'E - 2' and 'FW - 3' grow extremly slow. No pics due to snow cover. Another fav would be 'tano mano uki' that has beautiful white to slightly pink new growth.

Just incredible!!

Thank you everyone for the recommendations and photography. Keep 'em coming if you got 'em.

Is it just me, or are parvifloras the stuff that dreams are made of?

I need to confess that I have OCD (Obsessive Conifer Disorder)! Thankfully, there is no cure.

PlantMarker

Great thread. I love these pines also and need many, many more. The only one I have is Shi-on

Bill

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Love all of the photos of the parv's! Here's a few more.
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Pinus parviflora 'Bergman'

Pinus parviflora 'Negishi'
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Pinus parviflora 'Hagoromo'
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Pinus parviflora 'Fukai'
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Dan

Would anyone happen to know U.S. sources for some of the cultivars that bluespruce53 posted photos of, specifically?:

P. p. 'Betsy'
P. p. 'Billie'
P. p. 'Linda'
P. p. 'Tenysu-Kazu'

Also, is P. p. 'Tenysu-Kazu' the same as P. p. 'Tansu-Kazu'?

Thanks!

PlantMarker

Dennis Dodge at Bethlehem Nursery probably has the finest selection of parviflora cultivars, anywhere!
Just for information P.p. Betsy is also known under it's previous code of, FW-4, and Linda is also known under the code FS-3.

Thank you! Fantastic! These are awesome. Dax

PM,
I think I read somewhere that P. p. 'Tenysu-Kazu' is the same as P. p. 'Goldylocks', or the two plants are so similar that they are indistinguishable from each other.

I remember someone bringing that to the limelight. I can add a few photos:

Pinus parviflora 'Goldylocks' US National Arboretum:
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Pinus parviflora 'Venus' US Nat. Arb.:
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Pinus parviflora 'Cleary' Bickelhaupt Arboretum:
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Pinus parviflora 'Glauca Nana' Bickelhaupt Arboretum
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Pinus parviflora 'Peterson Seedling' Bickelhaupt Arboretum
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Pinus parviflora 'Al Fordham' Bickelhaupt Arboretum
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Pinus parviflora 'Hagoromo' Bickelhaupt Arb.
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'Yatsubusa'
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Dax

This is one of Dennis' mini's:
Pinus parviflora 'Myo Jo' (I grafted):
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Dax

Hi, please, have you any exact information about this plant:
Pinus parviflora No.5
Thank you
Jan wbgarden
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Here is a link that might be useful: Dwarf conifers.

Great list, but few if any photos?

http://www.bethlehemnursery.com/availability.php?species=126

KarinL

Here is a link that might be useful: Bethlehem Nursery

Love Parviflora's,i have a few.P."Hani"P."Eiko Neshiki"P.Tanima-no-uki"P"GoldyLocks"P."Little Hedgehog".

I guess I'm not a real P. parviflora nut (yet), but one that did catch my eye is Miyajima:

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Anybody got a big one ?

Parv Tansu Kazu is likely the same as Goldylocks. I had them side by side and couldn't tell any difference. I have discussed this with Bob Fincham and Don Howse. Bob said he didn't see and difference. Don said that one year one looked better and the next the other would look better but they could be the same plant.

I got Tansu Kazu from Dave's Nursery years ago and I think he still offers it.

David

I also have "Miyajima" Very nice Little blue thing right now. Joe

HI Toucanjoe,

It was the first parv. I got back in 1999 and is still one of my favorites. David

Pinus Parviflora Blauer Engel should be candle pruned every year . It likes to strech a little.

Dendo

This is from Dennis Dodge:

Many of the Pinus Parviflora that have been on this page that have non Japanese names such as :
Pinus Parviflora Blue Lou
Pinus Parviflora Betsy
Pinus Parviflora Billie
Pinus Parviflora Catherine Elizabeth
Pinus Parviflora Dendo
Pinus Parviflora Iona
Pinus Parviflora Little Hedgehog
Pinus Parviflora Lorraine
Pinus Parviflora Nellie (After my mother )
Pinus Parviflora Smout
Pinus Parviflora Karen
These plants were introduced into the trade by a good friend and plantsman by the name of John Proudfoot from Scotland . These are only a very few great plants he has developed by cross pollinating Pines and growing them on for years to pick out the most dwarf and the bluest forms. These plants were rouged out of thousands of seedlings and grown for many years before naming . John has also introduced many Pinus Sylvestris and Pinus Pumila Dwarf's such as Pinus Sylvestris Denny Boy and Pinus Pumila Blue Note both of which are true garden gems.
I have been most fortunate to have John as a friend and to be one of the first to introduce most of his plants to the US .
. Dennis

Pinus sylvestris 'Denny Boy'
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Pinus pumila 'Blue Note #2'
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Pinus pumila 'Blue Lamp'
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Pinus parviflora 'Little Hedgehog'
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Pinus parviflora 'Blauer Engle'
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Pinus parviflora 'Blue Lou'
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Hi,

Dennis wanted me to convey that Pinus parviflora Blauer Engle is not a John Proudfoot and the reason he added the photo was purely accidental to it being so blue!

Later on.

The parviflora named 'Nellie' in the list should read 'Nellie D.'

You can also add to the John Proudfoot list ;
Pinus parviflora Cuddles
Pinus parviflora Eilidh (scottish spelling for Ellie)
Pinus parviflora Linda
Pinus parviflora Megan
Pinus parviflora Helen Brown

Thanks Bluespruce, I'll let Dennis be aware of that.

Dax

Sorry to bring back an old post, but this was nearing the dreaded page 68 when I stumbled upon it (again) and felt there were too many good pix to let it slip into the etherworld.

tj

Well done tj.

Does anyone have any recently-acquired Pinus parviflora cultivars whose photos they would like to post?

This has been an awesome thread.

PlantMarker