Cedrus deodara 'Eisregen' 2 year graft  $45.00

Another seedling from the very cold hardy Paktia group, like Karl Fuchs it survived last winter in gee’s arboretum unscathed

 

Cedrus deodara 'Karl Fuchs' 2 year graft  $45.00

A hardy silvery blue clone selected by Horstman from a group of seedlings (seed was collected in the Paktia province of Afghanistan) and introduced in 1979, the bluest of the Paktia forms it survived unprotected in Gee’s arboretum last winter with little or no damage. The high alpine forms of deodara show impressive cold tolerance.

 

Cedrus deodara 'Polar Winter' 2 year graft  $45.00

Another of the Paktia seedlings, zone 5 hardy and very nice.

 

Cedrus libani 'Stenocoma' 2 year graft  $65.00

Stenocoma is the hardiest of the true cedars, which makes you wonder why all the west coast growers graft them on deodara.

 

Chamaecyparis noot.'Boyko Aureo Pendula'         2 year graft  $65.00

A narrow weeping form with lots of gold in the foliage, it does not seem prone to winter burn unlike some of the white variegated forms.

 

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Green Arrow’        G. -1@ $45.00

A strongly fastigiate plant straight up with side branches straight down often with a tuft of basal growth.

 

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘moonshot’    G. -1@ $45.00

Another of the new nootkatensis cultivars to have made the rounds lately we think it is a winner, but on the other hand, I plant every new cultivar that comes along, you just can’t have too many Noots in the garden.

 

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Joe Stupka form'           2 year graft  $65.00

An excellent form selected by the well known conifer collector, certainly this is one of the best .

 

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis pendula          G. -1@ $45.00

These are the traditional form of nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ with horizontal branching and drooping branchlets, not as full as the broad forms nor as strictly weeping as ‘Green Arrow’ and ‘Stricta’.

 

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘van den akker’     G. -1@ $45.00

Much like green arrow but perhaps even more strictly weeping, there is some variation depending on whether or not they are on their own roots.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'autumn gold’ 2 year graft  $45.00

It’s a miracle a Ginkgo that turns gold in the fall; all those scarlet red ones are so mundane.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Chase MANHATTAN' 2 year graft  $45.00

A rather slow growing upright form, Dirr figures his plant will be 3’ tall when he turns 100, I’m not sure whether this reflects more on his age or the plants growth rate, our plants push a reasonable amount of growth.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Fairmont' 2 year graft  $45.00

A fast growing columnar clone, the original was planted in Fairmont Park in Philadelphia in 1876 making it one of the oldest specimens in the United States

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Fairmont' 2 year graft  $45.00

A fast growing columnar clone, the original was planted in Fairmont Park in Philadelphia in 1876 making it one of the oldest specimens in the United States

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Halka' 2 year graft  $45.00

Don’t make this angry, it tends to get all green and rips its bark to shreds, right before it lays waste to the countryside, an Incredible Hulk of a plant, introduced by Halka Nurseries in Englishtown New Jersey, call them for a better description.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterfly' 2 year graft  $65.00

Supposedly resembling a Japanese maple in habit, I have yet to see an old plant, this is a relatively new introduction from Duncan and Davies in New Zealand.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Nana Horizantalis' 2 year graft  $65.00

Fantastic flat branching habit, with minor pruning you can produce a flying saucer on a stick, making for some captivating close encounters.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Pendula' 2 year graft  $45.00

More spreading than weeping, I understand that there are some strongly pendulous new clones in Europe but the 'Pendula' in general cultivation is not really pendulous. Our plant guards Ender’s placenta, which we smuggled from the hospital in an ice cream container thanks to a very perceptive Scottish nurse.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Saratoga' Older  $75.00

A male clone from the Saratoga Horticultural Foundation; our stock plant is an irregular vase shaped multi-trunked specimen with dense rather slender leaves and supposedly excellent fall color, which seems to me to be about the same yellow as any other Ginkgo.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Shangri-La' Older  $75.00

A fast growing male form with a good branching habit and excellent fall color, introduced by Wandell, it is popular with Islamic fundamentalists who will not allow biloba 'Tschi -Tschi' in public without veils.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Spring Grove' 2 year graft  $65.00

I believe this is the same plant Dirr mentions as ‘Spring Grove Witches Broom’, a mounded bushy form found as a broom at Spring Grove Arboretum.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'The President' 2 year graft  $45.00

Dirr, who has a pretty good eye for plants, selected this form, the original grows outside the university president’s residence in Athens, upright but not fastigiate; Dirr claims its different from all other Ginkgo cultivars.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Thelma' ......... Older  $75.00

Named for that chick that drove off the cliff in a caddy, for reasons that should be apparent to anyone.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Tschi -Tschi' Older    $65.00

Back again after a brief absence and more entertaining than Nip/Tuck reruns we proudly present the perfect plant for all those customers with the annoying touchy feely plant fondling fetishes. Now you can get that out of your system before you visit the nursery and maul our display troughs. 'Tschi -Tschi', also listed as Chi-Chi, by nurseries that apparently think Ginkgo originated in Mexico is indeed a botanical classic. How could you pass up a Ginkgo with breasts? Hey they even sag with age albeit more slowly than human ones. Even a thousand years from now the future, owners of your property can gaze in wonder at your kinky taste.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Tubiformis' 2 year graft  $45.00

Leaves tend to be rolled into tubes; the effect is most pronounced on vigorous juvenile shoots, although many cultivars have the occasional tubed or dissected leaf.

 

Ginkgo biloba 'Witches Broom' older   $75.00

I suspect this name covers more than one dwarf clone, this one came from Talon, and looks as if it will be moderate in growth rate.

 

Larix decidua 'Bingman Broom' 2 year graft  $45.00

Found in 1993 by Randy Dykstra and Chub Harper as a witches' broom on a tree growing at the Al Bingman residence in Edgington, IL. Small mounding fine textured growth averaging only an inch or so a year.

 

Larix decidua 'Girard's Dwarf' 2 year graft  $45.00

An irregular growing broom, some branches have shorter internodes and smaller needles than others, it grows in complete disorder, we have a big one high grafted in one of our display gardens.

 

Larix decidua 'Puli'. 2 year graft  $65.00

A great weeping broom, growth rate seems rather slow despite the fact that it produces moderately long annual growth, low grafted plants will eventually form a cascading mound.

 

Larix laricina 'Blue Sparkler' 2 year graft  $65.00

This came to us as a kaempferi clone however it seems to have originated with Sidney Waxman, which would almost certainly make it a laricina. It is a very vigorous grower with excellent blue color, ours have not yet produced cones but to look at the foliage you would swear they are kaempferi

 

Larix x kaempferi 'Obi Wan' 2 year graft  $65.00

Our introduction discovered in a seed grown block at Gees with excellent blue color it grows extremely fast with an upright leader and weeping branchlets. It is unlike any other weeping form we have ever seen and by far the most commented on of all the plants in our extensive conifer collection. It coned abundantly the last couple of years and clearly contains some Larix decidua genes, given its extreme vigor a hybrid seems likely.

 

Larix LARICINA 'Deborah Waxman 2 year graft  $45.00

A congested upright growing broom, it is considered one of the best of the Waxman brooms.

 

Larix 'Russica conica' 2 year graft  $45.00

An Iseli introduction, upright conical growing the name is illegitimate under the rules for nomenclature but the plant is reasonably nice.

 

Larix sibirica (laricina?) 'Lanarck' Older $65.00

Yet another dwarf larch, at least its not another nana number XXX…. We bought it as a Larix sibirica (which is now russica) however it appears on several lists as a L. laricina clone, whatever it is a nice compact plant.

 

Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush'         2 year graft  $65.00

Gold foliage, it holds its color quite well even in hot weather, this is perhaps the best of the Dawn Redwood cultivars, although I suspect not quite as hardy as the species

 

Metasequoia gly. 'Miss Grace' 2 year graft  $65.00

A fantastic weeping form still very rare in cultivation

 

Metasequoia gly. 'Sheridian Spire’ 2 year graft  $45.00

A very narrow columnar form, very fast growing especially on wet sites.

 

Metasequoia gly. ssp Caespita 2 year graft  $45.00

An obscure thing I’m wondering if this shouldn’t be caespitosa, whatever it is a minor variant at best.

 

Metasequoia gly. 'White Spot' 2 year graft  $45.00

A variegated form of Dawn Redwood. All leaves are green but have splashes of pure white throughout. The needles can be split down the middle with color. Plant grows about a foot a year and is best in a somewhat protected moist location.

 

Metasequoia honshuenensis 2 year graft  $65.00

Known as the Big Cone Dawn Redwood this is a rather minor variant from a botanical standpoint, although the general look in the garden is distinct.

 

Metasequoia neopangaea 2 year graft  $45.00

I love the name but then again I liked the reunite Gondwanaland bumper stickers, the ultimate plant for splitters but worth growing for the name alone.

 

Microbiota decussata on standard 2 year graft  $45.00

A monotypic Thuja like plant from Russia, These are on short standards and seem much more durable up off the ground.