Will, you like me getting all the chicks because of so many plants?

Dax

Absolutely Dax, I've got to beat them back with a stick.

They come over and are like, look how BIG that Picea orientalis 'Nutans' is! Is it always crooked??

If only I could find a profession that women like!

Hi Will. I always thought that being a firefighter was the next best thing to being Batman himself. Not sure how he did with women though...they need some attention too!!!( In my experience,anyway!)
PS: I realy enjoy the photo galleries; thanks for all the time and effort put into it! T.

My favorite is 'Wintergold'. I had to stake it because of the stormy weather weeks ago.

The female character in action:

Dax

I'll eventually get around to my specimen of 'Wintergold' but I can tell you this, it looks DRAMATICALLY different. It still holds strong gold hues on older growth and mixes wildly with the new growth.

For now a few more cultivars:

Abies concolor 'Scooter'. Looks like a pretty compact dwarf. 3-4 years old.

'Pigglemee'. A very small dwarf/miniature, great color.

'La Veta'. One of my favorites, a small, low mounding dwarf with beautiful colors. 4-5 years old.

-Will

Nice again Will, I can't wait for that photo cd to come!

Some name corrections:
'Wattezii' isn't the same variety as 'Wattezii Prostrate'.
The first one is an upright grower with creamy needles in spring.
The second one is a side graft taken from the first one but I never saw the creamy new growth on it, strange...probably it's a side graft from 'Violacea'.

'Candican's must be writte as 'Candicans'

'Pigglemee' must be written as 'Piggelmee'.
It's found as a witches'broom on a 'Candicans' by the Draijer Nursery from Holland in 1971.

Hi firefightergardener,

Do you have a picture about the DRAMATICALLY different 'Wintergold'? I'd like to see that. Actually I had seen some very different cultivars with the same name.
My plant looked like a disaster 4 years ago when I bought it. I planted out in march, full sun. It burned on the first week... I was very disappointed, but I left it there, didn't care about it. Right now it is getting in better shape.

Nice long needled Abies concolor weeping form you showed us Dax, what is the name of this variety ;o)
Is the female your girlfriend, it seems she likes to hugh!

Hi Zsolt,
Your 'Wintergold' photo is taken in spring and then the new foliage is a light greenish while in Autumn and winter the colour is a stunning golden yellow.
This could be the explenation to your quiestion...

Coniferjoy,

'hugh' must be written as hug. It means to affectionately squeeze.

lol, sorry I couldn't resist. :) :)

More conifers!!

Abies concolor 'Wintergold'. Unusual contrast.

Abies concolor 'Birthday Broom'. A nice miniature.

'Blue Sapphire'.

'Glenmore'. Great color, 3-4 years old - large upright.

'Blue Cloak'. A nice semi-weeping intermediate.

... help! I'm running out of steam!

-Will

Thanks Will for your correction.
Thanks to this forum my English language will be better by the day ;0)

In 2004 I saw a big 'Blue Cloak' at the Buchholz & Buchholz Nursery, indeed a very nice variety!

I'm enjoying this post, love the concolors. Nice specimens and great photos Will. Here are a few of mine.
Abies concolor 'Charming Chub'

Abies concolor 'Tubby'

Abies concolor 'Archer's Dwarf'

Abies concolor 'Z-mark'

Abies concolor 'Stanwood'

Abies concolor 'Conica WB'

Abies concolor 'Sidekick'

Abies concolor 'Candicans Nana' (I'm guessing this name is illegitimate, got it from Gee Farms)

Abies concolor 'Wattezii'

Abies concolor 'Hosta La Vista' (HLG WB)

Abies concolor 'Mike Stern'

Dan

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Greetings to you too, Darob. Welcome to the forum!
As long as your conifers are strong...that's the main thing!
Someone more intelligent than me will surely explain how to post pics.
C'mon lads, here's a new customer T.

Abies concolor,Moglii,

Here is a link that might be useful:

Hello and welcome Darob!

Glad to have you here. That's a nice picture you show us, though I'll have to take the time tonight or tomorrow and give a quick tutorial on how to post images in posts.

Dan, those are both stunning Abies concolor and specimens I don't have!! You're killing me! :)

-Will

'Lavita' and 'Rochester Park' :

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Dziekuje, Darob. Those are both nice plants. And welcome.

tj

Yes ! ...great to see a new picture poster here !!!

Welcome Darob !

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Bumped with another cultivar.

Abies concolor 'Hidden Lakes'. A nice very small dwarf. The needles are about 1/2 the normal size.

-Will

Thanks for more Will. 'Hidden Lakes' or 'HLG WB' is now 'Hosta La Vista'. From what I understand the broom was found on a tree overlooking a hosta bed at Hidden Lakes.

tj

Re: How to post photos.
Posting Photos to Garden Web

Does this help? If not I wrote my own, how to:
Join photobucket.com (it's free) - create a folder - select upload photos (several "formats" such as multiple or new uploader or old uploader, etc-) - transfer your photos from the name of the folder you created in your "My Documents" - "My Pictures" - and then select, upload. . .Now your photos are on photobucket. Left & Right click your mouse on the third string of characters, "line" underneath each photograph, select "copy" and then > add that string of characters here in the Message Box (that we all type in). And wham, you click on the blue box called, "Preview Message" - and you'll see your photo - along with any text you may have typed.

Dax

Adding a few more cultivars as Summer comes to an end.

Abies concolor 'St. John'

Please share any more you'd like, there's already some great pictures above.

-Will

Hello everybody
A new concolor in my garden
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Abies concolor Halina

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Abies concolor "Compacta" an old plant.

Abies concolor Kojakovice

Abies concolor "Morton"

Maria

Hello, if anyone is still posting here...
'Charming Chub' Abies concolor seems like what I want, based on SOFT needles and SMALL ultimate UPRIGHT growth.
But some of the others look very nice to me, too.
Would Archer's Dwarf, Lativa, Rochester Park, Wattezi, Mike Stern, etc. be good choices for me? And where do I buy them? Thanks, Jeannette

Porterhowse Farms has a nice selection of Abies concolor dwarfs. High Country Gardens carries Charming Chub, although they are currently out of stock.