Very nice, nice for the tour. All looks very vibrant.

Matt, thanks for showing us your nice pics.

You need to fix the following names:
Picea abies 'Jakobsen'
This must be written as:
Picea abies 'Aurea Jakobsen'

Larix kaempferi 'Peve Tunis'
Must be written as:
Larix kaempferi 'Peve Tunnis'

Tsuga canadensis 'Cole's Prostrate'
Must be written as:
Tsuga canadensis 'Cole'.

Abies balsamea 'Bear Swamp'
This one you can change, it's a natural variety:
Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis âÂÂBear SwampâÂÂ

I hope I helped you with this info.

Hi Matt,
thank you for interesting images, some plant species do not even know, it's beneficial for us
L+M S

Thanks for the comments!

Edwin, I edited my original post, thanks for the info.

Great, choice selections and a tremendous backdrop of the woods and natural settings. Thanks also Edwin for your continual efforts to fix the nomenclature and naming of these precious gems of conifers. Your plants look SUPER healthy and happy Matt, perhaps because of a little afternoon shade?

More nice plants, Matt. Thanks for the update.

tj

Matt,

Enjoyable photos of prime specimens, all look very happy. The bed in the last shot has a lot of personality.

Your 'Machala' looks much bluer than mine, which is more of a silver green. In fact, it's got the color of my Picea mariorika 'Glauca' though it's growing faster. Hmmm...

Your heat and humidity doesn't seem to be bothering these Abies specimens one bit. How hot does it get up in your neck of the woods?

Alex

Everything is looking good! I really like the first strobus. Nice form on the Picea AJ. Mine is somewhat asymmetrical and gangly looking.

Dog days is right. Quite possible we'll end up with 0.5" of rain for the entire month of July. Its been unreal how humid its been all week with heat indexes around 100 degrees.

Just brutal gardening in full blazing sun on a sandy slope...ahhhh!

Choice plants and I love your garden bed. Well put together and tended.
Cher

By the way is that a Paw Paw to the far right in the garden bed shot?

Matt,

You have the perfect back drop for displaying your garden.

Well thought out choice of cultivars for flow and balance.

Enjoyed your post.

Dave

They all look great! Your right... the dog days of summer. July & August are the worst months of the year IMO. Right now it's so humid it's almost hard to take a breath outside... at least in the winter you can walk around the yard on a frosty morning, bundled up, with a hot cup of java. Ah.... how I miss winter after the hot and humid week so far....

Nice post of choice cultivars followed by your garden overview. Well done! Great looking garden!

Al

Thank you all!

Abies balsamea is a native and takes our summers in stride. Come to think of it, I never have summer problems with any Abies I grow. The ones that suffer most here are Pinus contorta, the mini Picea pungens, and Pinus longavea.

Because my house is surrounded by forrest on all sides, no portion of my garden gets more than 6 or 7 hours of direct sun each day, and I think this helps tremendously. So far I haven't had problems with the conifers not getting enough light.

Will H, that is a Paw Paw. It's been in the ground for 5 years. The other one I planted at the same time died, so this year when it put out a bunch of flowers, there was nothing there to cross-pollinate it.

I'd like to grow one just for the foilage.

I'd agree my happiest conifers are in 6 hours of sun. Its only a select group though. About 1/2 my yard is blazing sun for 12 hours. Thats where I see the casualties. I have to consider that most plants are still getting established.

Matt, I see Pinus strobus in that forest.
What other native conifers are growing there?
Did you ever check it for brooms?

Yea, Will, I love the tropical-looking leaves. I really want to eat a Paw Paw, though.

Edwin, as far as conifers go, we have primarily Pinus strobus, Pinus resinosa, Pinus banksiana, Pinus sylvestris, and Abies balsamea. I've found only two brooms, one Pinus strobus and one Pinus resinosa.

I sent scion from the strobus broom to a few places to be propagated. I know strobus brooms are common so I wanted it mostly for my own garden and for anyone else who is interested.

Pinus strobus 'Joe Snow'

I haven't gotten the resinosa broom propagated because honestly, I'm not too excited about Pinus resinosa.

I keep looking, though!

Matt, you don't have Picea glauca and Picea mariana trees in your area?

It's too bad that you didn't find any Abies balsamea brooms yet, but I can tell you from my own experiences that they're there, and most of them turn out in real beauties once they're grafted...

I like your Pinus resinosa broom because it does have a real tight habit and nice dark green needles.
If I were you I would let it propagated for your own fun :0)
Did you named it after one of your dogs?
What Pinus resinosa is for the U.S., is Pinus nigra for Europe, they're pretty simular.