Like the Wate's Golden. Mine put out a fair number of male & female cones first couple yrs, but now that it's established & vigorous (almost 20' tall), has largely foregone cone production in favor of stem growth.

oooh...the 'Cruenta'.....

Sara

I'll let you know when spring gets here!

All kidding aside, thanks for the pics. That 'Mountain Dew' is a nice one.

Nice...I really like Picea abies 'Cruenta'. I like that red/pinkish coloring. Makes it look like flowers in a conifer garden.

Wish it were spring here too. I think it is a ways off for me. I appreciate seeing your photos though.

Spring is in full swing here in the Pacific Northwest.

Spring is slowly ariving here in The Netherlands...
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Reviving this thread in the hopes that spring has now arrived for some of you that aren't in the PNW!

Abies squamata
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Picea purpurea
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Abies koreana 'Starker's Dwarf'
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Pinus mugo 'Green Candle' at its best!
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Ginkgo biloba 'Beijing Gold'
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Pinus pumila 'Blue Dwarf' ('Dwarf Blue') I've heard it both ways..
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Abies magnifica 'Nana'
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Pinus parviflora 'Tanima-no-yuki' with Abies nordmanniana 'Golden Spreader' in the background
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-Sam

Dang Sam! You need to start a conifer art gallery. Those are all frame worthy to me.

It's kind of spring and kind of winter here at the moment. It will be 80 one day and then drop to 34 the next. Aaaah! bring me spring already. =)

Tremendous shots Sam, I'm envious.

-Will

Very nice shots, Sam. Alas, spring has yet to arrive here yet. We've had a grand total of 3 60*F days so far.

tj

Pseudolarix amabilis

Male inflourescence
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Female cone
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Exciting as conifer life can get here in 5b IL. LIlacs will blooms soon. Forsythia has been in bloom for 10-14 days, Star magnolia in bloom 2 weeks ago and Saucer mags in full bloom right now.

Pinus parviflora 'Tenysu-kazu'
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Dax

Definitely one of my favorite times of year to take photos in the garden. Nice Topic, Sam!

Picea glauca 'Mac's Gold'
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Nice picture, everyone. Sam, I love 'Green Candles', never seen that one before.

It's finally spring here, too.

Pinus strobiformis 'Loma Linda'
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Pinus Flexilis 'Damfino'
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Abies cephalonica 'Meyer's Dwarf'
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Pinus sylvestris 'Jeremy'
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Picea glauca var. densata 'Whiskey Blue Hills'
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Picea glauca 'Blue Teardrop'
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Picea omorika 'Tremonia'
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-Alex

Down in the garden.
Mike

Thanks for the nice comments and the wonderful photos, everyone!
It seems spring is now arriving elsewhere. Had a couple days close to 90 here in Oregon.

A collage that includes some of my all-time favorite conifers:
Top: (from left to right) Pinus thunbergii 'Ogi', Pinus parviflora 'Bergman', & Pinus parviflora 'Tanima-no-yuki'
Bottom: (from left to right) Picea engelmannii 'Blue Magoo', Taxus baccata 'Standishii', & Abies koreana 'Blauer Eskimo'
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Abies lasiocarpa 'DuFlon'
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Picea glauca 'Spring Surprise' (just gets better & better)
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Abies x borisii-regis 'J.K. Greece'
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Pinus contorta var. latifolia 'Taylor's Sunburst'
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Have more photos? Let's seem them! :-)

-Sam

Hi Sam,
very beautiful! Spring is most beautiful time of year.
L+M S

You've added several favorites today Sam! It's great that we're actually getting a "real" spring around here!

Sam, always an inspiration!
Mike, breathtaking as always!
Here are some from my small collection
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Sciadopitys verticillata 'Mitsch Select' - just got this one!

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Picea orientalis 'Tom Thumb Gold'

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Pinus parviflora 'Ogon-Janome'

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Picea pungens 'Ruby Teardrops'

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Pinus parviflora 'Ara Kawa'

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Pinus parviflora 'Cleary'

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Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst'

I do love the pines!
Ellen

Lots of good stuff here! The cones on the Cleary look fantastic.

Pinus thunbergii 'Ogon'
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Pinus mugo 'Jalubi'
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Pinus mugo 'Carsten's Wintergold' with a bit of winter burn.

Picea orientalis 'Skylands'

Picea abies 'Virgata'
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Picea abies âÂÂAurea SpicaâÂÂ
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Abies koreana 'Silver Show'
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Picea abies 'Gold Strike'
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Starterdude, can you post a picture showing your entire Picea abies 'Gold Strike'? There is very little info out there on this cultivar.

Very nice pictures, everyone!

Matt

Here is one that I took last year.

Frank

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Dont you just love frost protection in the spring!

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I've got a few more...

Pinus contorta 'Frisian Gold' puts on a show each spring. The red female conelets and salmon pollen cones, against bright yellow new growth, is really over the top.

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Abies lasiocarpa 'Green Globe'
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Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper'

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Pinus nigra 'Pipounion'
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Close-up
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Cedrus libani var. atlantica 'Aurea Robusta' looks like someone's shining a light on it.
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Pinus contorta 'Chief Joseph'
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Alex

Another vote for Pinus contorta 'Frisian Gold'
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Thanks, everyone, for sharing.
I too like Pinus contorta var. latifolia 'Frisian Gold', but it seems to burn pretty bad! (worse than 'Chief Joseph')
You guys had any issues?

Picea orientalis 'Lemon Spreader'
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Picea orientalis 'Mt. Vernon'
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Picea pungens 'Straw'
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Pseudotsuga menziesii 'El Dorado'
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-Sam

The Straw looks great!

My Frisian is in morning sun only, and doesn't burn much if any.

Picea engelmannii
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Abies koreana, 'Horstmann's Silberlocke'.

Nice cones on that 'Silberlocke'!

'Frisian Gold' is one of my absolute favorites. It just gets better and better over a 6 week period in the spring. Next year I'll do a time-lapse thread to show the progression. I've never had any burn on mine. I've got two specimens sited similarly in a bit of shade, and the one with less shade looks a little nicer. When does yours burn Sam, summer or winter?

Alex

Alex, nothing burns here in the winter.
It's even hard to get a pile of brush to burn then. ;-)
Mike

Nice photos, Nate and Mike!

Alex, I believe it burns in the summer. Even in early winter it was quite brown..
I'll keep an eye on it & see what it does.. Granted, they're in full sun, which helps nothing.

A few more photos of interest:

Picea abies 'Cruenta' (The red color seems to stay even as the tips fade to green!)
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Picea orientalis 'Nutans' (nice display of cones)
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' (love how the water beads up on these!)
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Picea purpurea (The cones are such a deep, magnificent purple color!)
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Miss Grace'
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Abies nordmanniana 'Golden Spreader'
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Taxodium distichum 'Secrest'
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Silhouette'
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Picea sitchensis 'Bentham's Sunlight'
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-Sam

Spring is just underway here in central Wisconsin. Female cones forming on Larix decidua 'Horstmann's Recurved':

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Awesome pics everyone. Thanks for posting them.