If abundance figures are anything to go by, most people want several 'Haggerston Grey' Leyland Cypresses . . . methinks they're all mad :-)

Resin

Well, I got two tiny Abies nordmaniana 'Golden Spreader', but its more a case of being concerned that one of them will not survive. Otherwise I usually tend to get just one of each, due to my limited space and sometimes also the high cost.
For next spring my order list includes four Juniperus chinensis 'Plumosa Aurea' and a couple of Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns'.
Thanks for the nice photos Dan !

hoopsi and candicans for the vivid electric blue.. throw in thomsen also ....

agreed on the chief .. wates golden .... resinosa aurea .. mugo winter gold ... for the winter schoolbus yellow ...

de groots spire is just awesome for 8 feet and one foot across ...

the pendulous larix .. decidua and/or kaempferi ... and since they are mixed up in the trade.. whichever is just fine ...

the yellow variegated Thuja occidentalis .. like sunkist.. yellow ribbons.. george washington ....

and finally ... though ridiculously common ..... Thuja orientalis 'Berckman Gold' ... its just so three dimensional in its color presentation ... shifting color as you swipe your hand across it ....

i will think of more later ... ken

Although relatively common, I had to add another Picea abies 'Acrocona' this year. The two older ones in my yard coned quite heavily this year which made me love them even more. My other current favorite is Taxodium distichum 'Peve Minaret', but I think I am going to give it another winter to see how it does. Last winter was not much of a test.

I greatly expanded my conifer collection this year so I'll see if any of those warrant a companion in the coming years. The newbies include
Taxodium distichum 'Cascade Falls'
Abies concolor 'Kinky'
Abies concolor 'Gable's Weeping'
Pinus Strobus 'Hillside Winter Gold'
Pinus Strobus 'Horsford dwarf'(?)
Pinus Mugo 'Aurea'
Pinus sylvestris 'Aurea'
Picea orientalis 'Skylands'
Pinus koreanis 'Oculus Draconis'
Pseudolarix amabilis
And two Larix that I am blanking on the names right now.

Pinus contorta var. latifolia 'Chief Joseph' & P.contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst'

Picea abies 'Weeping Blue'

Picea pungens 'AA Special'

Pice engelmannii 'Bush's Lace' / 'Lace'

Punus mugo 'Zundert' 'Fruhlings Gold' 'Lew Hill' 'Tannenbaum'

Pinus strobus 'Coney Island'
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Abies veitchii 'Pendula'

Picea omorika 'Pendula Brun's'

Abies koreana 'Silver Show'

Pinus resinosa 'Fastigiata' & 'Aurea'

Pinus strobus 'Green Twist'

Picea orientalis 'Pendula'

Picea glauca 'Pendula'

Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Iseli Witches' Broom'

Thuja occidentalis 'Malonyana' 'Malonyana Aurea' 'Degroot's' 'Hetz Wintergreen'
T.o. 'Rosencrans'

T. o. 'Spiralis'

Juniperus scopulorum 'Snow Flurries'
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Pinus parviflora 'Tani Mano Uki'

Picea abies 'Pusch'

P.p. 'Goldilocks'

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Silver Lode'

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii' 'Spiralis' 'Nana Argentea'
'Reis' 'Verdon'

Juniperus chinensis 'Expansa Variegata'

Juniperus conferta 'Sunsplash' 'Silver Mist'

Picea mariana 'Aureovariegata'

Picea pungens 'Gotelli Prostrate'

Tsuga canadensis 'Silver Bridge'
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Tsuga canadensis 'Elmswood Dwarf'

Juniperus pfitzeriana (spelling?) 'Plumosa Aurea'

Picea pungens 'Walnut Glen' 'Maigold'

Pinus cembra 'Chalet'

Tsuga canadensis 'Jervis'

Pinus cembra 'Silver Sheen' 'Silver Whispers'

Pinus mugo 'Teeny'

Abies concolor 'Conica'

Pinus nigra 'Arnold Sentinal'

Pinus strobus 'Sea Urchin' 'Merrimack'

Tsuga canadenis 'Gentsch's White'

Picea omorika 'Pimoko'

Pinus banksiana 'Schoodic'

Juniperus sabina 'Variegata' & 'Calgary Carpet'

Juniperus horizontalis 'Monber'

Abies alba 'Green Spiral'

Pinus pumilla 'Blue Dwarf'

Pinus bungeana 'Silver Ghost'

Picea pungens 'Mrs. Cessarini'

Larix kaempferi 'Diane' and straight species or cultivar look alike.

Pinus sylvestris 'Moseri'

Pinus thunbergii 'Pygmaea'
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Pinus thunbergii 'Yatsubusa'
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Break it up a bit: Rhodo/Azalea (Glenn Dale Hybrid) 'Zealot':

Rhodo/Azalea (Glenn Dale Hybrid) 'Madeira'

Taxus baccata 'Standishii' 'Watnong' 'Aurescens'

Tsuga canadensis 'Hornbeck'

Pinus strobus 'Klein'

Picea engelmannii 'Hoodie'

Callitropsis/Xanthocyparis/Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Van Den Akker' 'Green Arrow' 'Pendula'

Pinus stobus 'Golden Candles' 'Bennett' 'Bennett Contorted'

P.s. 'Bennett Contorted'

Pinus nigra 'Hornibrookiana'
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Pinus densiflora x nigra 'Jane Kluis'
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Juniperus communis 'Berkshire'

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Compacta Variegata'

Maybe a couple others!!!

Dax

Some of those names need to be tuned, of course.

I guess it depends on how much real estate you have at your disposal and what your intent is, but there are SO many great conifer cultivars out there I'd be hard pressed to want to duplicate choices before selecting just for individual characteristics. Of course if you are hedging or otherwise needing to replicate the same tree with the same characteristics for some reason, that's a bit different. The single conifer in my collection I'd consider planting another of is Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Wissel's Saguaro' - only because its rather unique and columnar presence seems to cry out for a companion to act as sentries flanking a walkway or other place of demarkation.

!!!!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Great listings..mine would be
Pinus strobus 'Mini Kurls #3'
Pinus strodus 'Ainsworth'
&
Picea orientalis 'Skylands'

Looking through past postings and rejuvenating a few with great pictures and ideas for us gardeners and cultivar collectors
...hoping there will be even more great stuff added!

Barbara

Looking through past postings and rejuvenating a few with great pictures and ideas for us gardeners and cultivar collectors
...hoping there will be even more great stuff added!
Barbara