The Picea g. 'Pendula' will be prostrate unless staked.

Nice start to a great hobby.

Dave

Great pics -- thanks for sharing.

Interesting too: If I remember my German, 'Winzig' means 'Teeny' -- another non-unique mugo pine ?

super!!!!!

glad to have a new person.. welcome.. who will post some pix ...

i dont care what jaro says.. they are all unique in your garden ... but i know what he means ...

ken

Dave--
Is it possible to stake it at this stage? It is quite stiff and not bendable. Would staking it now be a matter of bringing the new, more flexible growth, back into a vertical line?

Jaro--'Winzig' does indeed mean tiny in German...and it is indeed tiny.

Ken--I've enjoyed your pics...gave me some good idea of what to look for. I was a Rich's Foxwillow last week--had been wanting to go there for several years and finally made it. It's probably a good thing the car was packed because we were returning from a trip or we'd be bankrupt now. It was Rich's displays at the Chicago Flower Shows that first got me thinking about making conifers a prominent part of a garden.

Hope to be posting more pictures in the future. BTW, is anyone familiar with Tsuga canadensis 'Ed's Special'? Does anyone know who Ed is and what's special about his named cultivar?

Traudi

Go to you local nursery and buy the green rubber coated aluminum stake. I inch diameter and 6 ft. in length. Buy some stretch tape to tie leader to stake. Inch the stake down as close to center of conifer as possible. When you clear root stock drive on down to desired height.

As the main leader does not look that thick and I think it is trainable. I use ty wraps to initially secure leader to stake. I then secure again with tape and cut ty wrap as you work your way up the stake. It will take time so retrain. Do it in increments being careful not to over stress leader and snap it. In time cut tape and see if it stays in position. If it does get another bite and suck it up a little tighter. Continue doing this till you have what you are looking for.

Dave

Yep, real nice to have you here. There are enough people on here to help you in all fascets.

You had asked about Tsuga can. 'Ed's Special'... well, I haven't heard of this selection, but I'll guess, that "Ed" is Ed Rezek - a man who passed away somewhat recently and who was a conifer icon. His son is another coniferite and will continue his fathers work as I recall reading in one of the American Conifer Society's publications.

It's a pure guess, but that might be the Ed. Then again, it could be anybody, or a selection found by another person who named it for Ed, or any other scenario for that matter.

Again, thanks for contributing and welcome aboard!

Dax

Might also be Ed Woods out of Oregon. He's introduced/selected a few Tsuga cans.

tj