o ho ho Cool!

I'll be ringing you for a scion. I might be jealous but I will not say!

Dax

Dave, if I may be so bold, I'll lable your gardens America's Foxhollow. A remarkably vast collection of the choicest conifers and plants all placed in an area that would seem to small yet all perfectly situated and thriving. It's no small feat what you've accomplished.

In comparison, my gardens are basically mashed together from a monstrous, gas-guzzling machine straight from a Dr. Suess book that spews plants randomly onto the landscape until all earth, space and art-form is long lost. lol...

Someday I hope to see it in person.

-Will

Hi Will,

Your garden is unique in its own right.

Something to be proud of and enjoyed by all of us on the GW Conifer Forum.

You the man.

"Someday I hope to see it in person". Any time...the door is always open and the light is on.

Dave

Sweet new addition Dave! Wow!!! Your new beds look PERFECT and will seemlessly meld with the rest of your spectacular garden. You must be psyched to have a few new spots to work your magic with. Have fun :)

Dan

Nice new beds Dave, look forward to seeing them develop! ...The 'Sherwood Compact' grows much more than one inch per year, had a plant here some years ago that was at least six feet high seemed to suffer with fungal problems, possibly due to our damp winters, so had to get rid! better luck with your specimen

Just a follow up.

Thanks to Resin the correct name for this cultivar should be Pinus longaeva 'Sherwood Compact'

Dave

Making some progress...Having hard time rounding up interesting cultivars. Companion plants, ground covers and boulders are next. I will make room for the right cultivars as I find them.

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Hard to believe there was a 50 ft. Sweet Gum growing near the 'Tom Thumb Gold' 2 weeks ago.
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When I first saw this thread a few days ago I thought the title was wrong and it meant a mugo since that was the only pine 'Sherwood Compact' I had ever heard of. But that's a really interesting plant Dave. I'm liking it.

I've got two deodoras coming in the next week or two.......one called 'Golden Showers' and the other 'Golden Cascade'. One extremely narrow and full, the other a little fuller but still not too wide. If they come in as golden yellow as the pictures I saw, I'll post it here for you to see because they should handle our climate well and the golden color would play really well off the color of your 'Sherwood Compact'. And neither would take up too much room in your bed.

mark

I am very impressed.

Is that a weeping River birch?

Dax

Hi Folks!,

I have a Pinus longaeva 'Sherwood Compact' as well, bought very recently. I am planning to repot it into a good drainage mix, as now is just in the compost that came from the nursery.

Could you advice me on what mix should I use? Is it better ericaceous or loam-based? May be a general purpose + grit + composted bark would be good?

thanks,

Raul

a new post on the topic of potting media ... with an appropriate title would help the next guy with a media question ...

the conifer is irrelevant ...

ken