Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Blue Spruce, 1 by conifers

conifers wrote:
They're beautiful trees but they are taken from a very dry environment (both air and rainfall) and often planted elsewhere. That's the reason they become ratty.

Some good blue cultivars:
Larix kaempferi 'Blue Rabbit'
Picea engelmannii 'Lace' (better species for humid climates and rainfall)
Abies koreana 'Silver Show' (East Coast -check with local extention)
Abies koreana 'Silberlocke'
Abies lasiocarpa 'Arizonica Compacta'
Cupressus glabra 'Blue Ice' - A lot of people like this plant.
Picea pungens 'Iseli Foxtail'
Pinus koraiensis 'Silveray'
Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns' (Undersides of needles) Form!!!!
MIcrobiota decussata
Juniperus communis 'Berkshire'
Larix kaempferi 'Blue Sparkler'
Picea bicolor 'Howell's Dwarf' (Cones!!!)
Picea omorika 'Berliners Weeper'
Picea pungens 'Gotelli Prostrate' - The very best Blue Spruce groundcover.
Picea glauca 'Sanders Blue'
Picea glauca 'Arneson's Blue Variegated'
Larix kaempferi 'Blue Dwarf'
Picea pungens 'Jack Corbet'
Picea pungens 'St. Mary's Broom'
Picea engelmannii 'Blue Teardrop'
Pinus cembra 'Silver Sheen'
Thuja occidentalis 'Warenea Lutescens'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula Glauca' (not much blue - form great)
Tsuga canadensis 'Silver Bridge'
Picea pungens 'Rifle Blue' (This is a bad plant man!)
Tsuga canadensis 'Stewart's Gem'
Picea pungens 'Egyptian Pyramid'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Dwarf Blue'
JUniperus conferta 'Silver Mist'
Pinus pumilla 'Nana'
Taxus baccata 'Watnong'
Taxus baccata 'STandishi'
Taxus x media 'Lutea'
Tsuga canadensis 'Hornbeck'


Golden:
Picea pungens 'Walnut Glen' (Unusual color)
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Compacta Variegata'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Pincushion'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Juniperoides Aurea'
Picea orientalis 'Skylands' (Needs shade/shade cloth protection for many years until established if planted in full sun)
Pinus 'Jane Kluis' (Hybrid Pine)
Pinus densiflora 'Pendula' - Staked or great groundcover
Pinus nigra 'Hornibrookiana' and nigra 'Helga' - both fantastic.
Pinus strobus 'Bennett' and strobus 'Golden Candles' Both great, exception..
Pinus strobus 'Uncantena' yellow/blue/green - exceptional coloration.
JUniperus (x phitzeriana)-(x media) 'Daub's Frosted'
Taxus baccata 'Repandens Aurea'
Thuja occidentalis 'Sherwood Frost'
Tsuga canadensis 'Everett Golden'
Thuja occidentalis 'Emerald Variegated'
Picea orientalis 'Tom Thumb Gold'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Gold Spangle' and 'Filifera Aurea'
JUniperus squamata 'Prostrata' (lime green - very nice, flat as pancake)
Metasequoia glyptostoboides 'Gold Rush'
Picea glauca 'Rainbow's End'
Abies koreana 'Aurea' (East Coast???)
Picea pungens 'Mrs. Cessarini'
Pinus contorta 'Chief Joseph' (Winter Color - WOW, Yippie, hi, yay!)
Pinus sylvestris 'Nisbet's Aurea'/'Gold Coin' - Winter color
Pinus mugo 'Winter Sonne' - Winter color
Pinus mugo 'Big Tuna'
Pinus strobus 'Merrimack' and 'Coney Island' take the show.
Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' winter golden hues, beautiful.
Taxus cuspidata 'Aurescens'
Pinus strobus 'Green Twist' (mostly green)
Thuja occidentalis 'Gold Drop'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii' - maybe one of the best ever.
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Elmwood Gold'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Verdon'
Juniperus chinensis 'Expansa Variegata'
Juniperus davurica 'Expansa Variegata'
JUniperus 'Plumosa Aurea' (x phitzeriana/ x media)
Juniperus x phitzeriana (x media) 'Saybrook Gold'
Pinus cembra 'Chalet' (blue/green/gold)
Pinus parviflora 'Goldylocks'


That outta get you planting!

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http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v280/Cultivar/

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One of my most favorite photos: Abies koreana 'Silberlocke'; Bickelhaupt Arboretum, Clinton IA.