Self-sown tree growing under Pinus nigra; old specimens in background.

Resin

Dan

Picea orientalis 'Skylands Prostrate'

Picea orientalis 'Gowdy Gold'

The only one I have is a very small graft of 'Golden Start' but many seedlings I do have. Stephen I see you have this on Google but no photo to be seen or does anyone else have a photo to share?

Kev, let us see that 'Skyland's Seedling' you were telling me about.

Dax

Thanks Kev. I like that strobus too. It looks like about 3" of new candles which is a "perfect" dwarf conifer. Maybe 2.5. Later,

Dax

Henk

Picea orientalis 'Shovenhorst'

A small correction for the 'Shovenhorst', it must be written as 'Schovenhorst'.
It's found as a witches'broom at the Schovenhorst Pinetum in Putten, Holland.

What are the caracteristics of the 'Skylands Odd Form' and the 'Skylands Seedling'?
The 'Skylands Odd Form' looks more greenish to me or is yours standing in the shade most part of the day?

Some other cultivars:
'Atrovirens'

'Barnes'

'Bergman's Gem'

'Doverside Pendula' (not a true weeping form)

'Gracilis'

A couple more...
'Hexenbesen' (= 'Witches'broom' in the German language')

'Juwel'

'Kenwith'

'Knaptonensis'

'Mount Vernon'

'Knaptonensis' and 'Murphy' are not the same plant.
The 'Knaptonensis' is a tree form while the 'Murpy' is a compact witches'broom.

'Murphy'

Indeed, it could be that the 'Kenwith' is a Picea abies witches'broom, the needles are differend and a ligther green.

You can see that the 'Murphy' do have a nest forming shape and the 'Knaptonensis' is a tree form with a leader.
All of these young plants looks this way.
Also the 'Knaptonensis' do have a lighter green needle colour.

'Schadow's Broom' (received from Stephen last year)

'Spring Grove'

'Stovezand'

Picea orientalis 'Pendula'

'Iseli Seedling'

'Nutans'

'Silver Seedling'

'Skylands'

'Early Gold'

'Daureas'

'Ferny Creek Prostrate'

Added this one as well, though it is not Picea orientalis - it's very similar.

Picea jezoensis 'Aurea'

Will

Nice photo's of the Picea orientalis cultivars you have in your collection.

Also the Picea jezoensis 'Aurea' looks great but remember that this one is not a nestforming plant as seen at your photo.
It's an upright form which growes slow for the first couple of years.
I think you have to cut some side branches away at the right side.
If you want to keep it nest forming then you have to cut the leaders away when they appear.

Picea jezoensis 'Aurea' (photo taken in Winter)

Picea orientalis 'Tom Thumb'(Gold)

Thanks,

Dax

Which one is the other M3 broom that Bernard Reynolds found?
As you mentioned the 'Reynold's no.1' is as rare as hens teeth :0) the scionswood I received from you were succesfull grafted.
Does M3 means Mountain 3?
Picea orientalis 'Reynold's no.1'

'Leden'

'Eddie Rezek'

'Holenka'

The M3 witches' brooms are a bit of a mix up for many years. First thought to be 'Murphy'(M3 no1) and 'Reynolds' (M3 no2), until in recent years it was discovered that the mother plant for no 1 wb had never been propagated from. So now they are to be known as 'Reynold's no.1' and Reynold's no.2'. M3 is the motorway between Winchester and London, along which the two witches' brooms were found by Bernard Reynolds.

Josh

I'll start with some first class 'Skyland's':

With Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Environmentals'

'Skyland's'

Winter Color zone 5:

'Gowdy'

'Aureospicata'

'Aureospicata'

'Barnes'

'Connecticut Turnpike'

'Gracilis'

'Losely'

'Nana'

'Nigra Compacta'

'Silver Falls'

'Silver Falls'

'Bergman's Gem'

How's bout a Hosta and a Maple:

'Tidewater' no drueling Ken. Speaking of the devil, where you at, a "permanent" vacation, I'm wondering? :-)lol I know, mean.

Acer palmatum 'Callico'

Dax

Edwin, there are "Reynold's" Picea's but I don't know the species. I will check my photos later. Seems to me they are either Picea abies or Picea pungens, however.

Dax

Dax,I have seen a Picea abies Reynold's no.1 in the Harper Collection at Hidden Lake Gardens, that doesn't have anything to do with Bernard Reynolds and the Picea orientalis brooms.

Clément

My Tom Thumb Gold are planted in winter 97-98 arround 2 or 3 years old at this time, = +/-14 years old.

Clément

Picea orientalis Oregon grown P+3 (Quick greenhouse then transplanted 3 years minimum before it ever got to me). My first year growing corn. 'Sugar Buns' block planted May21 photo from July5:

5 blocks of Sweet Corn. (last block didn't plant) and block prior still needs weeding (blocks are 30' x 30' (10m x 10m entire garden = 60m x 10m). I'm enjoying this more than my conifers dare i say:

Me...well, I'm 35 :0)

Dax

Clément

Thanks,

Dax