Conifers: Araucaria - Cham. obt. | Cham. pis. - Juniperus | Larix - Taxus | Thuja - Tsuga
Grafted Conifers: Abies | Cedrus - Metasequoia | Picea | Pinus alb. - Pinus pum. | Pinus res. - Taxodium | Late Additions
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 '
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
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
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
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 ‘
We once thought this might be the same as ‘Broom’
however now that we have seen it ‘
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
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
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
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 '
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
Pinus densiflora Pygmy 2
year graft $45.00
Found in
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
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
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
Pinus flexilis 'Extra Blue' 2
year graft $45.00
Another catchy name for an irregular but extremely
blue tree.
Pinus flexilis '
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
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
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
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
Pinus flexilis 'Tiny
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
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
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
Pinus leucodermis 'irish
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 '
Obviously named after Wilson but we are not quite sure
which
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
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
Pinus mugo 'Jeddeloh' 2
year graft $45.00
A nice plant similar to ‘Corley’s Mat’ but a bit
coarser growth originating in
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
Pinus mugo 'Mikulasooice' 2
year graft $45.00
A ridiculously named broom from the
Pinus mugo 'Mops Gee Broom' mixed 2
year graft $45.00
Actually there are four separate brooms on
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
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 communis ‘Compressa’, 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 '
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
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 '
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 '
It is not clear whether this is a sport of Oregon
Green or a tag corruption
Pinus nigra 'pierrick bergenson'