Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: fall, 1 by ViburnumValley

ViburnumValley wrote:
I'll go back and add identification, but the December 1 tree is Picea koyamae and the December 2 tree is Tsuga caroliniana.

Both plants are in the Shawnee Park pinetum (conifer collection). This Olmsted-designed park was originally planted in 1893, and there are a handful of mature Pinus strobus and midlife Picea abies.

We performed a rejuvenation of this collection in 2014 - installing more than 60 new plants - using mainly 8-9' specimen trees of a very broad range of species. After two good moist growing seasons sandwiched around a pretty severe winter, these trees are coning quite well. We lost one fat old Abies koreana, and just had severe deer rub damage on a Larix decidua.

This Carolina Hemlock was the moose in the bunch, weighing in at 12' - soaking wet.