Acrocona Norway spruce (Picea abies ‘Acrocona’) with gorgeous hot pinky-purple new cones
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Acrocona Norway spruce (Picea abies ‘Acrocona’) with gorgeous hot pinky-purple new cones
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Likiang spruce (Picea likiangensis) with heavy cone set the year after being moved. Conifers sometimes react to stress by trying to reproduce.
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Likiang spruce (Picea likiangensis) with heavy cone set the year after being moved. Conifers sometimes react to stress by trying to reproduce.
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Silver Show Korean fir (Abies koreana ‘Silver Show’) – Don tells me that, in the weeks since this photo was taken, it has grown beautiful new purple cones. What a combination!
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Silver Show Korean fir (Abies koreana ‘Silver Show’) – Don tells me that, in the weeks since this photo was taken, it has grown beautiful new purple cones. What a combination!
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Here you can easily see a diversity of female cones, both new and old, on one tree. Do you see any male cones? This is Pusch Norway spruce (Picea abies ‘Pusch’).
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Here you can easily see a diversity of female cones, both new and old, on one tree. Do you see any male cones? This is Pusch Norway spruce (Picea abies ‘Pusch’).
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Proprietor and conifer expert Don Howse standing in front of the oldest Silberlocke Korean fir on the West Coast (tall silvery tree in backdrop). He holds a start of an even more silvery, choice Korean fir in his hands, propagated from his large Silbe
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Proprietor and conifer expert Don Howse standing in front of the oldest Silberlocke Korean fir on the West Coast (tall silvery tree in backdrop). He holds a start of an even more silvery, choice Korean fir in his hands, propagated from his large Silbe
I recently visited Porterhowse Farms, a small retail nursery – nestled in a surprisingly large arboretum and garden – specializing in conifers and conifer companion plants. Porterhowse Arboretum has well over 2000 conifer species and cultivars in the collection and a lovely selection of those plants are for sale in the retail area. Winter is the best time to admire conifer foliage – conifers really "pop”…
