Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I think your end result is very good. All it needs now is to be tightened up. I like it.
New Spruce
- Thread starter Brian Underwood
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jriddell88
Omono
You have to be happy now.. I was expecting you to slay it
Brian Underwood
Chumono
Thanks guys. It has a LOT of backbudding since all I did last year was baby it (and the other two I bought), fertilize, and plan. I'm sure it will look good eventually once I have a chance to chase the foliage back toward the trunk and reduce the length of some of those upper branches.
Sadly, my favorite of the three I bought died at the end of the summer. It was an awesome little cascade which I thought was the healthiest of them, had the most backbudding, and them BAM, gone... The other is tall like this one but has better bark and slightly less movement. It will actually be even more of a challenge considering the branching on that one is thicker and the tree is much older. Should be fun though.
Sadly, my favorite of the three I bought died at the end of the summer. It was an awesome little cascade which I thought was the healthiest of them, had the most backbudding, and them BAM, gone... The other is tall like this one but has better bark and slightly less movement. It will actually be even more of a challenge considering the branching on that one is thicker and the tree is much older. Should be fun though.
Brian Underwood
Chumono
Oops, I never mentioned the species. All three of the spruces I bought from Randy are Collected Engelmann.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Glad of the futuresight present here....
That is dope.
Sorce
That is dope.
Sorce
Brian Underwood
Chumono
No work done to the fallen soldier. I do all my work on the species in late fall/winter, and I was spending the summer letting it gain strength. The saddest part was it was COVERED in new buds, then it just gave up...
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
It is a sad thing to lose something with a lot of potential. Sometimes things will put on a lot of buds and stuff right they die.
Brian Underwood
Chumono
Uncovered some interesting basal flare and movement, plus it's got a new pot 
Tentakelaertje
Omono
Is it a dwarf variety or just huge? The needles look very nice in scale with the tree, love it!
Brian Underwood
Chumono
it's about 30" tall, but is an engelmann spruce. The needles aren't quite as small as Ezo, but they're comparable.
Tentakelaertje
Omono
Ok, thanks
Quite a monster!
Quite a monster!
