Those are awesome!!!
Fantastic finds that make me somewhat envious..
Congratulations, my Dutch broom-hunting friends. :-)

-Sam

I see some good stuff there Edwin.

Let Erik know he is hired!

Dax

Thanks Sam and Dax!

May be the following info is news for the most of you, but this is one of the ways how new conifers will be availlable for you collectors.
By spotting them first in the forests, later on the scion harvest will take place.
Then they will get propagated, mostly by grafting.
After this, the plants have to be watched for several years if they're simular in growth to the mother plant.
If all is ok, these grafted specimens will function as motherplants for propagation in larger numbers, and 6 till 7 years later the first new plants are ready for the market.
All together there's a long way to go before these will get availlable for you, but at the end all is worth the effort...

I'm wondering how did you see the little yellow mutation in that tree...
Sorry but I have to ask you here, my mails were unanswered... Edwin, are you still intrested in larix s. Tharandt? I collected some scion today...

Hey Zsolt, Erik spotted the variegated branch when he was searching between the Abies grandis seedlings which were growing under giant trees of this species.

Yesterday I answered your email, I guess it was done to your old email address, which maybe end up in your spam box...

It's always a surprise what you'll find between these seedlings.
We're still searching for a narrow fastigiate and a flat growing one.
Also a year round yellow one would be welcome ;0)

Somethimes you find what you're wishing for...
Last weekend Erik spotted one as a yellow branchmutation in a species tree.

Abies grandis 'Lemon Shine'
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Last January Don Howse told me that the Abies balsamea 'Eugene Gold' was found in the same way as the 'Lime Shine'.
The 'Eugene Gold' was also found as a yellow branch mutation, only this time it was found at a Christmas tree plantation.
Thanks Don for this info!

Congrats!

Dax

Very nice!
If you have in mind what you're looking for, have a keen eye for detail, and you know where the right species of trees are located, it usually isn't too difficult to find what you're searching for.
Clearly, you and Erik both have outstanding perceptiveness! Congratulations, and I look forward to seeing this new find grafted. It looks like there's enough scions for both you and Erik to have a few.

I do have one question: 'Lemon Shine' or 'Lime Shine'?
The two posts have different names.
Perhaps 'Lemon-Lime Shine' would be a nice compromise. ;-)

-Sam

Sam, it's 'Lemon Shine'...

Erik and I have divided the tasks, he's doing the spotting part, together we will harvest all and I 'll take care about the propagating and nursery things...

Edwin, it's interesting that both of those weeping seedlings are right next to each other...
Is it possible that their drooping branches are only a result of the shade from that large angiosperm..?
I've seen similar forms here, but they only exist in the understory of large Acer macrophyllum trees..

-Sam

Sam, this isn't the cause of their weeping habbits.
This whole area is full of Abies grandis seedlings of this size and they all have the "normal" growth, like the one at the 3th pic on the left side.
These 2 are real weepers....