Johny, very nice pic!
Whats's that piece of cord hanging in this tree?
This year the Picea torano in my Pinetum made it's first cones which is a very nice happening to see :o)

Hi Edwin, the "cord" is needles from a nearby Pinus palustris.

Johnny

I finally made the "cone collection" trip yesterday and should be able to extract a sufficient amount of seed even with a low yield from the 149 cones collected.

Johnny

How many picea toranos do you have a rare species indeed.

SWEET

Dax

Another year, another cone collection. 'Picked' these up Friday, Lots of hollow seeds seem to be the norm.

Johnny

That is amazing. Thanks for the update.

tj

I germinated seeds from a 10-yr old Coulter pine cone that had been sitting on a shelf. Two of them germinated & one survived a winter here but got eaten by bambee.

A few are now getting past cotyledon stage....

It's a long road ahead!