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Interesting Unique Conifer Cultivars

thatadeniumguy
9 years ago

I've been spending hours this past month going over thousands of registered cultivars of spruces, Pines, Arborvitae, Cedars, Cypress, False Mop Cypress, etc.

I've only managed all spruces and half of the pines. Anyone want to mention some other cultivars to maybe take some weight off of these shoulders?

I'm taking note of all yellow and red foliage cultivars, too many blues so only the cream of the crop for blue, pinks, oranges, purples, Those work too. uniquely exfoliating barks, variegations, and especially crazy cocktails of Contorted Weeping Variegated Exfoliating Bark Vibrant foliage and Rainbow hues.

I've gotten

Spruce 'Rubra Spicata'
Picea abies 'Cruenta'
picea abies 'Rydal'
Picea orientalis 'Tom Thumb Gold'
Picea glauca 'Gold Tip'
Picea glauca 'Spruce Lane'

New yellow growth
Picea orientalis 'Early Gold'
Picea abies 'gold drift
Picea orientalis 'Mt. Vernon'
Picea omorika 'Aurea'
Picea orientalis 'Daureas'
Picea abies 'Perry's Gold'
Picea pungens 'Straw'
picea pungens 'Maigold'
Picea pungens 'Stanley's Gold'
Picea orientalis 'Skylands'
Picea pungens 'Colonial Gold'
Picea pungens 'Wisconsin Cream'

Full Yellow
Picea abies 'Mountain Dew'
Picea glauca var. albertiana
Picea orientalis 'Lemon Spreader'
Picea glauca 'Rita'
Picea glauca 'Daisy's White'
Picea abies 'Aurea Jacobsen'

White new growth
Picea glauca 'Rainbow's End'
Picea abies 'Argenteospicata'
Picea abies 'Vermont Gold'
Picea abies 'Gold Dust'

Somewhat unusual
Picea abies 'Cincinnata'
Picea mariana 'Aureovariegata'
Picea abies 'Suncrest'
Picea abies 'Acrocona'
Picea abies 'Elegantissima'

Abies pindrow

Pinus mugo 'Amber Gold'
Pinus mugo 'Carstens'
Pinus sylvestris 'Nisbet Aurea'
Pinus sylv. 'Oedegard'
Pinus mugo 'Carsten's Wintergold'
Pinus pumila 'NA 43537'
Pinus sylvestris 'KBN Gold'
Pinus sylvestris 'Aurea'
Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst'
Pinus densiflora Golden Ghost 2
Pinus parviflora 'Ogon-janome'

Any other must know?

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