I saw this tree in New York a couple of years ago.
Yes, you did! Jonas brought it to Rochester from Boon’s for me, and I brought it home from there. The tree wasn’t doing very well at Boon’s, so we decided it would do better in my climate. Boon’s old place in the Bay Area, was too cool in the summer for JWP to thrive. They do like warm summers. Not blazing hot, but they do need some warm weather.
It has absolutely thrived here in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains. We get cold enough it gets a good dormant period in the winter, and have warm summers.
At Boon’s the color was pale, and the needles were really short. Too short!
I have three or four JWP that I purchased from the Bay Area, and they have all faired much better with me. They were very blue when I purchased them, and at my house, they have all turned very dark green!
Here’s another JWP from the Bay Area: the “Z Tree”. JWP grafted onto a yamadori Lodgepole trunk about 23 years ago.
And, Vance, you owe the thread a photo of a tree!