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PINUS ALBICAULIS

Pinus albicaulis....... 2 year graft  $45.00

Whitebark Pine, a nice dwarf pine rarely over 10m with exceptional bark.

 

Pinus albicaulis ‘#1 dwarf’ 2 year graft  $45.00

A dwarf upright form with about 2” of annual growth, introduced in 1987 from a broom apparently found by Cope.

 

Pinus albicaulis ‘nana’ 2 year graft  $45.00

Introduced in 1965 from the noble collection it is dwarf and compact with grayish green needles.

 

Pinus aristata 'Bashful' 2 year graft  $65.00

One of Jerry Morris’s seven dwarf they all look the same.

 

Pinus aristata 'Silver Shaker' 2 year graft  $75.00

Found by Rich Eyre and Jerry Morris slow growing and like all the aristata brooms it wants sharp drainage.

 

Pinus armandii x koriensis 2 year graft  $45.00

A great looking hybrid armandii is a bit like strobus; this cross would be worth repeating with named forms of koraiensis.

 

Pinus armandii x lambertiana 2 year graft  $45.00

This cross was made back in the 50’s and described in USDA bul. 1345; it should be an excellent plant for the southeast and has been hardy at Gees.

 

Pinus ayachuite 'Forest Sky' 2 year graft  $45.00

A moderately compact form with less winter browning and good winter hardiness it will eventually reach 50’

 

Pinus ayachuite var. brachypte 2 year graft  $45.00

This is now known as Pinus strobiformus the southwestern white pine.

 

Pinus banksiana ‘angel’ 2 year graft  $45.00

From a 400-year-old vampire pine that was cursed by gypsies, highly recommended for wooden stake carving.

 

Pinus banksiana 'Broom' 2 year graft  $45.00

Well hey there can’t be any confusion here, as brooms go its pretty tight as names go it’s a WTF.

 

Pinus banksiana 'Busch’s Twist 2 year graft  $75.00

Very short bright green needles only 3/8 of an inch long on a dwarf mounding plant.

 

Pinus banksiana ‘chippewa’ 2 year graft  $45.00

A 1979 Al Fordham Arnold Arb introduction, it forms a low cushion of short needled upward facing shoots, its one of the best banksiana brooms and well deserving of garden space.

 

Pinus banksiana ‘monomet’ 2 year graft  $45.00

A dwarf globe when young this tends to leader with age, yet another of the Arnold Arb introductions it grows at about half the rate of 'Schoodic'.

 

Pinus banksiana ‘pendula’ 2 year graft  $45.00

A weeping form introduced by Foxboro nurseries in 1991

 

Pinus banksiana 'Repens' 2 year graft  $45.00

A rather flat growing plant introduced from Germany in 1992.

 

Pinus banksiana 'Tuckers Dwarf' 2 year graft  $45.00

A plant with a history Harry Elkins, who is 90 something, now, sent this to Lundell in Sweden, A nice compact bun it is named for Tuckers Nursery (also known for Daphne ‘Tuckers sickly Yellow’) the remains of the nursery survive to this day on property owned by general motors,

 

Pinus banksiana ‘UNCLE fogy’ 2 year graft  $45.00

An irregular contorted form introduced by Johnson in 1997 it is one of my favorite banksiana clones

 

Pinus banksiana 'Wisconsin' 2 year graft  $65.00

A 1979 Welch introduction presumably it originated in Wisconsin, it is a dense rounded bush and apparently confused with ‘Chippewa’.

 

Pinus banksiana 'Broom' 2 year graft  $45.00

We found this down at Gee’s labeled simply Broom; Gary can’t remember where it came from but is seems distinct from all the named forms we have compared it to. It was photographed extensively during the conifer society meetings but no one offered a name, habit is of a medium sized bun with 2-4” of annual growth

 

Pinus bungeana ‘compacta’ 2 year graft  $45.00

Yet another dwarf form with uncertain origins

 

Pinus bungeana ‘diamant’ 2 year graft  $45.00

A witches broom found by Diamont Nurseries in Germany with short yellowish green needles.

 

Pinus bungeana ‘national arboretum’            2 year graft  $45.00

A selection from the national arboretum with good peeling bark.

 

Pinus bungeana 'Rowe Arb' 2 year graft  $45.00

The folks at Rowe cleared up the mystery, an interesting plant with an open multitrunked look.

 

Pinus bungeana 'Silver Ghost' 2 year graft  $45.00

An excellent plant From the Dawes arboretum Silver Ghost grows a foot a year with strongly flaking Stewartia like bark that peels to reveal a silvery under bark.

 

Pinus bungeana ‘temple gem 2 year graft  $65.00

We once thought this might be the same as ‘Broom’ however now that we have seen it ‘Temple Gem’ is clearly distinct.

 

Pinus bungeana ‘unl 96 3254’ 2 year graft  $45.00

University Of Nevada Los Vegas?  United Nations losers? It’s a mystery without any clues, keep on humming Night Moves.

 

Pinus cembra 'ARISTOCRAT' 2 year graft  $45.00

A columnar form that is rare in cultivation

 

Pinus cembra 'Blue Mound' 2 year graft  $45.00

Introduced by Floravista Gardens the original plant was mound shaped however grafted plants are more conical with good blue foliage.

 

Pinus cembra 'Chamolet' 2 year graft  $45.00

A slow growing columnar form introduced by Hatch in 1988

 

Pinus cembra ‘columnaris’ 2 year graft  $45.00

Originally described in Germany in 1897 this may now represent more than one clone.

 

Pinus cembra 'Glauca'  2 year graft  $45.00

A glaucous form of the Swiss Stone Pine that dates back to 1966, although there may well be more than one clone in cultivation under this name, Krussman says the original glauca is no longer in cultivation.

 

Pinus cembra 'Pygmaea' 2 year graft  $45.00

A dense selection, Welsh claims this should actually be Pinus pumila 'Pygmaea' a cultivar of Japanese Stone Pine, not Swiss Stone Pine.

 

Pinus cembra ‘twister’ 2 year graft  $45.00

A fantastic contorted form we give this a five on the Fuji cool conifer scale.

 

Pinus cembroides var edulis 2 year graft  $45.00

Some consider this as just Pinus edulis, well known for its edible Pinyon Nut seeds; the species is generally considered on the tender side however it has survived here.

 

Pinus cembroides var. edulis 'Big Nuts'          2 year graft  $45.00

A customer sent us this, his selection of a free fruiting tree with big nuts, selected for commercial nut production.

 

Pinus contorta ‘chief Joseph’ 2 year graft  $65.00

The gold standard for gold conifers, it has the potential to be fantastic, however it is subject to burning if sited improperly and a magnet for scale, which can devastate contorta if you are not careful.

 

Pinus contorta ‘Fastigiata' 2 year graft  $45.00

A very narrow upright form of unknown origin there is a photo in the conifer encyclopedia.

 

Pinus contorta 'Spaan's Dwarf' 2 year graft  $45.00

A contorted upright growing plant with short needles it has a bonsai look without pruning.

 

Pinus contorta 'Taylor Sunburst' 2 year graft  $65.00

The emerging new growth on 'Taylor Sunburst' is outrageous, brilliant school bus yellow against the deep green older foliage. The big plant in our front garden is like a magnet, sucking trespassing customers right through the garden to get a closer look, really folks this is plainly visible from a quarter mile away is it necessary to tromp through our beds. Now you can own your very own and walk up to it any time you please.

 

Pinus contorta 'Willow Creek' Older  $75.00  2 year graft  $45.00

A medium growing broom, I believe this originated with Jerry Morris, contorta brooms are not common in conifer collections and new additions are always welcome.

 

Pinus densiflora 'Aurea' 2 year graft  $45.00

A golden form of Japanese Red pine, an upright conical plant, the color is best in winter.

 

Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow' 2 year graft  $45.00

A Waxman witches broom seedling raised in 1990, with bright yellowish green foliage and short needles in conspicuous whorls at the tip of each branch.

 

Pinus densiflora 'Pendula' 2 year graft  $45.00

A strongly weeping plant introduced from Japan around 1890, very graceful but on the brittle side.

 

Pinus densiflora Pygmy 2 year graft  $45.00

Found in Windsor Great Park in the U.K in 1985

 

Pinus densiflora 'Rata' 2 year graft  $45.00

A flat-topped short-needled dwarf form with an unmarketable name, surely they could have come up with something better than ‘Rata’.

 

Pinus densiflora 'Red OD Burke' 2 year graft  $45.00

We think this is the best of the various Red Pine Dragon Eye forms, Talon stopped out this fall and he was very taken indeed He took tons of pictures, either our clone is exceptional or it just does not color up as well on the west coast. It also seems to be hardier than straight ‘Oculus Draconis’.

 

Pinus densiflora 'Sunburst' 2 year graft  $45.00

A 1989 Waxman introduction with a ring of bright yellow extra long needles surrounding each terminal bud.

 

Pinus densiflora x nigra 'Jane Kluis'        2 year graft  $45.00

A distinctive dwarf selection that is broader than tall with long, stiffly erect, bristly needles and conspicuous buds.

 

Pinus flexilis '#83' 2 year graft  $45.00

A somewhat flattened silvery green globe that Jerry Morris found in southern Utah.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Antero' 2 year graft  $65.00

One of Jerry Morris’s brooms, 1ft in ten years makes it pretty tight.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Arapaho'.. Older $100.00

Yet another Jerry Morris limber pine broom, growth is very slow, about a foot in ten years.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Bergman's Dwarf’ 2 year graft  $45.00

I’m thinking this is a dwarf from Bergman

 

Pinus flexilis 'Blackfoot' 2 year graft  $65.00

Jerry Morris found this in central Colorado, an upright to globular plant with very short needles and prominent brown buds; it will grow 4-6” a year.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Cesarini Blue' 2 year graft  $45.00

Upright with excellent blue foliage,

 

Pinus flexilis 'Cherokee' 2 year graft  $45.00

I think Jerry has more of these than there are Indian tribes, A foot or so in ten years.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Comanche' 2 year graft  $45.00

A conical upright plant from Jerry Morris, needles are short only an inch or so long and the annual growth is about 2” a year.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Elton' 2 year graft  $45.00

Not a big Elton fan although Love Lies bleeding is ok, this Elton is a tight green bun growing 2-4” a year, found in southern Wyoming by Jerry Morris.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Extra Blue' 2 year graft  $45.00

Another catchy name for an irregular but extremely blue tree.

 

Pinus flexilis 'First Canyon' 2 year graft  $45.00

A Jerry Morris Rocky Mountain Collection. It is a Dwarf plant with 2 inch green leaves that grows 2-4 inches a year.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Foxtail' 2 year graft  $45.00

I’m thinking long bushy needles.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Glauca Pendula' Older  $75.00

A fast growing very blue weeping form that grows flat to the ground unless staked, introduced by Hillier’s in 1970.

 

Pinus flexilis 'glenmore' 2 year graft  $45.00

Also known as Glenmore Silver this is a very long needled extremely blue form introduced by Robert More in 1950

 

Pinus flexilis 'Good pine' 2 year graft  $45.00

Another one from Jerry it is an irregular green globe that grows 2” a year

 

Pinus flexilis 'hopi' 2 year graft  $45.00

Yet another Jerry Morris Limber Pine broom, needles are green and stiff on 3” shoots that grow every which way.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Kinzie Rose' 2 year graft  $65.00

This is one of the best dwarf flexilis we grow, originating as a Limber Pine broom Jerry collected in Southern Utah; slow growing it should eventually form a wide globe.

 

Pinus flexilis 'laj'.. 2 year graft  $45.00

A narrow upright plant with strongly ascending shoots needle color is blue but not outstanding, this is not dwarf and will easily reach 25’

 

Pinus flexilis 'Long Arm' 2 year graft  $45.00

The rare long needled carnivorous form that snatches and eats unwitting trespassers along with the occasional deer.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Losee' 2 year graft  $65.00

Found as a broom in Idaho by Jerry it is compact and somewhat upright growing 2-4” a year.

 

Pinus flexilis 'M&D Pine Bluff' 2 year graft  $45.00

A rather large growing upright green plant.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Medicine Bow' 2 year graft  $45.00

This too is upright with good bluish green foliage

 

Pinus flexilis 'Mohawk' 2 year graft  $45.00

A loose upright plant from Jerry Morris 3-4” of annual growth.

 

Pinus flexilis 'nana' 2 year graft  $45.00

A dwarf bushy form found by James Noble in the Sierra Nevada in 1947.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Navajo' 2 year graft  $45.00

Another Jerry Morris broom, annual growth is 1.5 inches per year.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Ririe' (Broom) 2 year graft  $65.00

An extremely tiny broom Jerry found in Idaho, a round bun so full of buds in the spring they obscure the needles this thing only grows ¼” a year.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Tiny Temple' 2 year graft  $45.00

Upright with a good blue color it is fairly compact but can push 10” of annual growth.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf Pyramid' 2 year graft  $45.00

An upright conical form with very dense foliage the landscapers love it.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Wigwam' 2 year graft  $65.00

Another tiny one from jerry, one foot after ten years.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Witches' Broom' Older  $75.00

P. flexilis seems to broom frequently, producing some fantastically dwarf selections, this one is nearly as tight as Pinus flexilis 'J. Michael' and a much better grower.

 

Pinus flexilis x Wallichiana 2 year graft  $65.00

An interesting hybrid quite long needled and graceful, I would love to see a mature plant.

 

Pinus flexilis 'Zuni' 2 year graft  $45.00

Is it politically correct to name all these brooms after Indian tribes?

 

Pinus funebris........... 2 year graft  $45.00

Now considered to be Pinus densiflora v fuenbris, the Sikhote Red Pine. Remember when visiting houses of ill repute da sik ho could result in da  fuenbris.

 

Pinus koraiensis 'Anna' 2 year graft  $45.00

A seedling Chub named after his late wife, upright thick growing with good color, this has a lot of potential for the general landscape trade.

 

Pinus koraiensis 'Dwarf' 2 year graft  $45.00

An upright dwarf form introduced by Iseli in 1982 .

 

Pinus koraiensis 'Gee broom' 2 year graft  $65.00

Gary found this on the nursery; in my estimation, it is the best koraiensis broom in cultivation, very compact, good color, All in all a great plant.

 

Pinus koraiensis 'Jack Korbett' 2 year graft  $45.00

Possibly this should be spelled 'Jack Corbett', a name which first appeared on lists back in 1986; I can find little about it and our plant may represent an aberrant form, the upper half of it is the best koraiensis Dragon Eye we have seen to date.

 

Pinus koraiensis 'morris blue' 2 year graft  $45.00

Talon introduced this into the trade in 1992; six-year-old specimens are about 5 foot tall.

 

Pinus koraiensis 'Oculus Draconis' Older  $75.00

I have not seen the tree that these scions were taken from (Talon’s stock plant) but in general Pinus koraiensis 'Oculus Draconis' does not show strong variegation especially when young, conifer collectors still lust after it however, always hoping it will throw a strongly variegated shoot in the manner of Pinus densiflora 'Red OD Burke'.

 

Pinus koraiensis 'silver ray' 2 year graft  $45.00

A 1979 Grootendorst introduction, semi dwarf with excellent silvery blue needles, this is an excellent plant for general landscape use.

 

Pinus koraiensis 'winton' 2 year graft  $45.00

A 1964 Hillier introduction, Winton is a shrubby thing very wide with long glaucous needles, it is suspected to be a hybrid with P. pumila.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'Aureospica' 2 year graft  $45.00

Slow growing with yellow tipped needles, this is from Hesse in Germany in 1955, just the thing for the anything but green collection.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'broom' 2 year graft  $65.00

This miracle broom is like a dirt magnet and is available only through this TV offer. Wait this is print, never mind it’s so fantastic you will throw that old super sucker right in the trash.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'Compact Gem' 2 year graft  $45.00

An excellent slow growing form introduced in 1964 by Hillier’s, Van Hoey Smith considers it one of the best small conifers in cultivation, it’s nice but I wouldn’t go that far.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'emerald arrow' 2 year graft  $45.00

Upright broadly columnar with excellent green color, this is not dwarf, there is a good picture of it taken at the Heartland Collection (the other Chub Harper collection).

 

Pinus leucodermis 'FASTIGIATE' 2 year graft  $45.00

A columnar form not particularly narrow but nice in the landscape.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'green bun' 2 year graft  $45.00

A 1982 Iseli Introduction reasonably compact with good green color.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'Grunwell' 2 year graft  $45.00

Gary grafted these up on short standards, if you like your balls on sticks you’re a bit too kinky for me.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'irish bell' 2 year graft  $45.00

Nearly as wide as tall this will grow into a small tree with a bell like outline according to Iseli, it seems a bit of a stretch to me.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'mint TRUFFLE' 2 year graft  $45.00

I predict we will sell a ton of these, not only is the plant great looking, it has a name people will buy.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'Satellit' 2 year graft  $45.00

A small fastigiate form (eventually reaching 3-4m) of Bosnian Pine from the Gimborn Arboretum; needles are tightly arranged giving a shaving brush look.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'Schmidtii' 2 year graft  $45.00

A spectacular Bosnian Pine which should properly be spelled 'Smidtii', very tight and dense, the original is at the Pruhonice Research Station in the Czech Republic, it was found in the wild in 1926 by Eugene Smidt, 100 years old the original stands 10’ tall.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'select #3' 2 year graft  $45.00

Well somebody liked it enough to select it but apparently not enough to actually register a name and description, actually Gary Gee has been collecting Bosnian pines lately and they impress me more each time I see them.

 

Pinus leucodermis 'Shina' 2 year graft  $45.00

See Pinus mugo 'Shina'

 

Pinus leucodermis 'zwerg schneverdingen'          2 year graft  $45.00

A very compact dwarf globe with short deep green needles, obviously from Horstman, this is a great plant despite the Sch never dingen zwergy name which will lose to mint truffles every time.

 

Pinus monophylla . 2 year graft  $45.00

Pinus cembroides monophylla if you prefer, this single needled aberration always begs the “What do we graft this on” question.

 

Pinus monticola 'Amerland' 2 year graft  $45.00

A Jeddeloh selection with bluish green needles, it is a bit loose when young.

 

Pinus monticola 'crawford' 2 year graft  $45.00

Ball shaped when young, it will need a bit of pruning to keep this shape as it ages.

 

Pinus monticola 'rigby weeping' 2 year graft  $45.00

A strongly weeping form of Western White Pine introduced by Iseli, this one definitely needs some staking or it will be a ground cover.

 

Pinus monticola 'wilson' 2 year graft  $45.00

Obviously named after Wilson but we are not quite sure which Wilson, E.H. Wilson was mostly in China, the Fermilab Wilson Hall Wilson seems unlikely and I don’t think Woodrow gave a damn about plants.

 

Pinus mugo 'aurea'.. 2 year graft  $45.00

Bright yellow in winter, these are grafted up on low standards.

 

Pinus mugo 'aurea pflazen' 2 year graft  $45.00

Another yellow one  gelbe Pflanzen perhaps?

 

Pinus mugo 'Bubikopf' 2 year graft  $45.00

A dwarf short needled form from Hatchmann Nurseries of Germany released in 1988

 

Pinus mugo 'columnar' 2 year graft  $45.00

A slow growing dense conical plant, not your typical mugo.

 

Pinus mugo 'Elfin Green' 2 year graft  $45.00

An Oregon State selection with good color and a compact habit.

 

Pinus mugo 'Honeycomb' 2 year graft  $45.00

A wide spreading form, broader than tall reaching 3-4’ in height after ten years or so it is emerald green all summer gradually becoming golden in winter, the color spreading inwards from the tips.

 

Pinus mugo 'jacobsen' 2 year graft  $45.00

A very distinctive plant this may actually be a hybrid with P. nigra, it is low and slow growing, and originated with Arne Jacobsen in Denmark in 1987.

 

Pinus mugo 'Jeddeloh' 2 year graft  $45.00

A nice plant similar to ‘Corley’s Mat’ but a bit coarser growth originating in Germany in 1946

 

Pinus mugo 'Lakeview' 2 year graft  $45.00

A very tight dwarf plant

 

Pinus mugo 'Lew Hill Upright' 2 year graft  $45.00

Upright growing but not columnar.

 

Pinus mugo 'Marand' ............... Older  $75.00

A dragon eyed version of mugo that shows its best color in winter and will eventually form a sizable upright bush; it was raised by A. van Nijnatten in Holland around 1984.

 

Pinus mugo 'Mikulasooice' 2 year graft  $45.00

A ridiculously named broom from the Czech Republic, no thought to marketing at all.

 

Pinus mugo 'Mops Gee Broom' mixed 2 year graft  $45.00

Actually there are four separate brooms on Gary’s mops this year he kept them separate, there were a lot of names put forth during Chub’s birthday party but then again everyone was a bit drunk for now we have the following

 

Pinus mugo 'Mops east' 2 year graft  $45.00

 

Pinus mugo 'Mops Top North' 2 year graft  $45.00

 

Pinus mugo 'Mops Top South' 2 year graft  $45.00

 

Pinus mugo 'Mops West' 2 year graft  $45.00

 

Pinus mugo 'Nerost WB' 2 year graft  $45.00

A flat bun that is little more than a mound of buds, annual growth is less than an inch.

 

Pinus mugo 'Pal Maleter'.... Older  $75.00

An interesting plant with two-tone needles, green at the base becoming golden on the outer half, the effect is somewhat seasonal, this originated as a seedling in Holland in 1965.

 

Pinus mugo 'Paul's Dwarf 2 year graft  $45.00

A 1986 iseli introduction with very short needles forming a diminutive cushion that is prone to reversions.

 

Pinus mugo 'Pot of Gold' 2 year graft  $45.00

Compact and slow growing this is brilliant gold in winter; it may be the same as Amber Gold.

 

Pinus mugo 'prostrata' 2 year graft  $45.00

A flat growing plant from Iseli, the name is illegitimate under the rules for nomenclature.

 

Pinus mugo 'Shina'... 2 year graft  $45.00

This has been listed as a leucodermis, a czech cultivar that forms an upright globe needles are variegated and new spring growth is all yellow.

 

Pinus mugo 'Slow Mound' ..... Older $75.00

Slow indeed young plants form a flat carpet of upward facing shoots, this can apparently be rooted quite successfully from cuttings however our plants are grafts. It is a plant with great landscape potential as an edger.

 

Pinus mugo 'tannenbaum' 2 year graft  $65.00

We have had some decidedly odd Christmas trees over the years, Dragon eyes, Juniper communisCompressa’, weird contorted things, but never a mugo.

 

Pinus mugo 'valley cushion'........ $75.00

A low growing plant found by Tichnor and introduced by Mitch, a great plant for general landscape use.

 

Pinus mugo 'Well's Prostrata' 2 year graft  $45.00

Creepy weepy mugo flat to the ground if not high grafted.

 

Pinus mugo 'White Bud' 2 year graft  $45.00

A moderately sized plant with attractive white waxy winter buds giving the plant a frosted look. New shoots emerge pure white and gradually fade to green, plant is a short needle dwarf bun (try googling that phrase with safe search off).

 

Pinus mugo 'wiess blue' 2 year graft  $45.00

Not exactly Picea pungens ‘Thompson’

 

Pinus mugo 'winchester compact' 2 year graft  $45.00

No relation to the rifle or the IBM hard drive, which was far from compact, I have this image of 2D mirrored gazing platters, archaic tech garden art may be the next big thing, or not.

 

Pinus mugo 'Yellow Point' Older  $75.00  2 year graft  $45.00

This may be the same as yellow tip, there is some confusion about the name, tips of needles are yellow particularly in winter.

 

Pinus nigra 'black prince' 2 year graft  $75.00

A very small clone introduced by Don Hatch and considered by many to be a hybrid with thunbergii, under any name a spectacular plant (cheesy car crown sold separately).

 

Pinus nigra 'Contorta' 2 year graft  $45.00

A slow growing form with twisted needles this goes way back to Carriére in 1855 France.

 

Pinus nigra 'Frank'. 2 year graft  $45.00

A slow growing fastigiate form introduced by Mitch, shorter needled than most of the similar forms.

 

Pinus nigra 'Globosa' ............ Older  $75.00

A fairly large globular form, its a good choice for large landscapes. It stays neat looking without any pruning.

 

Pinus nigra 'golden cream' 2 year graft  $45.00

Or ‘Caperci’s Golden Cream’ if you prefer, irregular shoots are creamy white, it is cool looking but often gets beat up badly in winter.

 

Pinus nigra 'helga'. 2 year graft  $45.00

A slow growing dwarf upright form with prominent buds and good color found by Dr. Simon in Germany and introduced by Krussman, I have no Idea who Helga was, Krussman’s mistress? Many disturbing images come to mind.

 

Pinus nigra 'hornibrookiana' 2 year graft  $65.00

A widely grown dwarf form with prominent terminal buds that originated as a witches broom at Sinica Park in 1932

Pinus nigra 'obelisk' 3 year graft  $75.00

Another narrow upright one, part of a subliminal marketing scheme for 2001, we have Frank and the Obelisk, but I’m still looking for h.a.l. and Dave.

 

Pinus nigra 'Oregon Green' 2 year graft  $45.00

A classic landscape plant the needles are deep green and rather short for nigra, and are very persistent creating a full dense plant, especially if sheared a bit while young.

 

Pinus nigra 'Oregon Jade' 2 year graft  $45.00

It is not clear whether this is a sport of Oregon Green or a tag corruption

 

Pinus nigra 'pierrick bergenson'