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Good find.

Dax

Jari, I knew this one was a good healthy and stable variegated one ;0)

Your grafted plants will become beauties in the future!

I think Picea abies 'Oulainen Variegated' will fit well for this conifer.
Do you think the same?

Very nice!

Random

I agree whith you, Edwin! I allso think that name should always tell something of the plantôs carracter, otherwise consumer cant find match for their needs in listings.

Grafted plant from that branch after one more year.

Variegated mutations donôt seem to be extremely rare since i have found 5 of them in last 2 years time. Here is one, this will also be grafted next spring so i can study it further.

Hello Jarpe!

A really nice find! Do the variegated needles of your plant turn creamish white in the summer or stay they at this nice yellowish color?

I ask because i have a pretty similar variegated Norway Spruce also, with variegated needles turning creamish white after july.
Here around, variegated Norway Spruce are pretty rare, the mother tree of my graft is the only under tenthousands. Maybe because 95 % of the spruces here are planted for forestry and are so pre- selected. In Finland, i think, 95 % of the spruces are natural regeneration, with no one who stands on the binding table and sort out the odd ones...

Greetings,
Andreas

Andreas, this one also start to show colours about the same time, July. I couldnôt find that variegated branch this early summer because it was absolutely normal looking at that time. Lately it has started to stand out again.
I have notised that it has very little sunburns in last years needles, maby this is because of smaller amount of sunshine in late summer and autumn. Variegated spruces that show colours right from beginning seem to suffer more from burnings .