presumably a man and his wife, they look good together!

Wow Nate,
don't stop your suburban conifer investigations! The Lady looks like nice, similar to Warrior.
Zsolt

Which one is the lady? ;0)

They've both got cones on, and I'd expect (since Picea pungens is monoecious) both will have pollen cones in spring.

So they're not a man and wife. A civil partnership might be a better designation. Or you could always call them Skinny and Fatso . . .

;-)

Or Narrow Jenny and Fat Freddy :)

Or Narrow Freddy and Fat Jenny...

Anyway, the narrow one looks like good. I expect, that the narrow one turns down to a columnar habit after 20 years. The top 5-8 meters are rather similar. In a seedbed its impossible to select trees for what you see only after 20 years.
Thats why I like (sub)urban conifering.

Zsolt

Nice trees are they long lived in Britain?

Nate,
here is an other narrow-fat couple. In 2005 I described the narrow one as Picea pungens MPH Templomtorony, which is likely a Temple's Tower.

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The big one is also interesting of his gigantic measures.

Zsolt

The Templomtorony looks nice!

Another P. pungens, with green needles.
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Strongly blue skinny ones are fairly prevalent in yards here, nobody I know has a cultivar name for them that I am certain is correct*. Colorado spruce is quite common in plantings here despite being prone to aphids and algae etc. to a significant degree in this climate. Trees seen in the more suitable conditions east of the Cascade Mountains look much better. Spokane has some stunning specimens, tall and vibrant looking. One of these trees was determined to be 102' tall during 1988.

*Van Pelt, Champion Trees of Washington State (1996, University of Washington, Seattle) lists a 'Columnaris' 32' tall and 4' across from Tacoma; as I remember it this was his identification of the same very short-branched and dense blue cultivar or type

Nate,
that's classic and ready. Give a name and graft in February.
Last winter I also found an old green dwarf pungens. I took it to my friend Gyula, and he told me: thats green! Yes, I see also, but the world is full with blue pungenses!

I'm very glad, that the suburban conifering works also in Colorado!

Zsolt

P. pungens, at local college campus.

P. Pungens

So good to see conifers allowed to spread out and be trees! So many round here planted in tubs or squashed up against a fence or wall-it puts me off conifers!

another Picea pungens

Nate, love the pictures as usual!

I've been noticing an interesting one (on the left/West side) while driving North on I-25, just off the highway in the tech center. I'm wondering if they was the one in your last shot. I'm thinking not, because the one I've been looking at is in full view from the highway ... but similarly funky with these 'arms'.

Scott,

It must be the one! This is just where you describe, between Dry Creek and Arapahoe. The retaining wall on the right side is for the light rail.

Nate

This is the first time I've seen a cedar growing locally, outside of a botanical garden or nursery.
Cedrus deodara (?)

Pinus ponderosa

Well Sluice, this is a Cedrus libani ssp. atlantica 'Glauca'. The most beautiful blue color on a conifer, IMHO! This is growing in z5??? Imagine I was afraid of frost damage during mine's first winter at -12C.........

Best regards,
Fotis

Fotis is right, it's a Cedrus libani ssp. atlantica 'Glauca' indeed.
The last 2 winters here in The Netherlands we had temperatures till -22 degrees Celcius.
All the tree forms of this species survived with no damage at all!
Several Cedrus deodara cultivars were heavy damaged or killed...

Welcome
Here's my couple in love
Darek

Thank you Fotis and Edwin for the ID. I hope to add Cedrus libani to my spring gardening!

Darek, those are nice conifers! What types?

That ponderosa is just awesome. Need scions, email on the way!

Dax

here's a modest pinus nigra filled with rime in my town.