Richard, beautiful frosty conifer pics!
Only this time the 'Filip's Mystic Black' is to white... ;0)

Very, very nice, Richard!

I really can feel that all your plants are stiff from the cold:) And waiting and for the warm snow blanket:)

Nice omorika! And 'Kohouts Icebreaker' (I hope guessed...) justifies its name:)

I like your lawn edges curves! Need a lot of patience and a good sense of style to make this.

On 4th picture - what it is - so beautiful hanging spruce?

Ireena

I guessed that this is 'Filip's Mystic Black'! Just did not want to flunk:) Very powerful vital plant! What was it's length of age? I like it's dark and very healthy needles and accurate shape.

Ireena

Ireena,

The weeping spruce is Picea glauca 'Pendula' which I have never staked.

I love the garden in winter and the sharpness of the conifers and their profiles. Milder weather due to return at the end of the week so no snow cover I suspect!

Richard

Looking great. When the air is stock still the conifers really do come into their own as patient sentinals. My other, complimentary, favourites right now in frost are the ornamental grasses. The fine ones can be the only thing to betray air movement.

Super! Hope YOU stay warm! T.

looks consistent with my z5 Adrian MI garden on todays date ...

very frosty ..

thx for the pix...

ken

oh.. that sod-removed arc ... future wall .. or kill the sod.. and bury in mulch ... and i hate to ask.. whats the lean on that abies???

Thanks for the pix, Richard.

Aaaah, sod removed. Here I thought it was from pacing 'round the tree deciding what to do about the lean.

tj

A few more from today:

Really fine pictures. I love how the last one totally captures the feeling of the chilly morning. And a nice demonstration of how much conifers can do to enliven the winter garden.

What's the pyramidal Korean fir in the next to last picture? (Oberon?)

Alex

Thanks, Alex. I love the winter garden. The Korean fir is Abies koreana 'Verdener Dom'. You can also see it in picture 4 in the first set of photos.
Richard

Is that a Picea smithiana 'Sunray' I can see extreme right on the second from last pic Richard ?

Stephen, yes it is a Picea smithiana 'Sunray'. I bought this a few years ago from Hillier nurseries. You can also see part of it on picture 5 in the first set of photos.
Richard