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Fri, May 11, 12 at 0:44
| Does anyone know the difference between the two? I am looking for a slender plant and this looks like an interesting plant. I am placing it in between Picea abies Tompa, Pinus mugo Jakobsen, Picea omrika TIJN, and Picea Pungens St. Marys. All of these plants will be new plants and I am just trying to get an order together but just can't make up my mind. Anyone care to give a suggestion? Thanks. |
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- Posted by coniferjoy (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 1:25
| Taxus baccata 'Stricta Aurea' is a bad name for what is Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Aurea'. They differ in wideness when they are getting older, 'Fastigiata Aurea' will stey more slender at an older age. Picea omorika 'Tijn' Picea pungens 'St. Marys' Please write the names as I did. Also some good columnar forms are: |
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- Posted by ingeborgdot 5b (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 8:01
| That was how they were written in the places I am buying them from is all. As for the stricta aurea, aside from being a bad name, is it different than the Fastigiata Aurea then? What about the David? |
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- Posted by coniferjoy (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 16:49
| 'Fastigiata Aurea' is the true name, 'Stricta Aurea' is just a synonym for it, so they're one and the same conifer. It does a a nice slender growing habit, even when it is older. 'David' looks pretty much the same as 'Fastigiata' at a young age. My personal choice would be the 'Fastigiata Aurea' but the choice is yours... |
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- Posted by ingeborgdot 6 (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 18:17
| Well, that would be my choice also. I would not want the vase shape. Thanks. |
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- Posted by severnside UKsouthwest9 (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 19:57
| Edwin, I've seen fastigiate Taxus specimens wired once around their girth to prevent splaying by snow, do you have verdict on this method? |
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- Posted by coniferjoy (My Page) on Sat, May 12, 12 at 1:22
| Severnside, I do, it's the same story as with the Thuja occidentalis 'Degroot's Spire', one single leader is the way to go... |
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- Posted by ingeborgdot 5b (My Page) on Sat, May 12, 12 at 8:20
| I have to agree. I had to cut down my Degroots Spire because it became a weeper after this winter. |
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