Does this look like something that would be worth grafting?

==>>> did you intend a pic???

ken

I think my work internet isn't allowing me to attach a pic.... I'll try on my phone.

We are also looking forward to pic

L+M S

Also found this on a weird looking younger pungens that had three leaders. Is this environmental or genetic?

It was only yellow on one peculiar looking side branch. It looks yellow/green in pic but is much more golden in person.

Another pic of the broom.

It is dark green with a hint of blue on the newer growth.

coach , you can only tell about the yellow growth by observation,,,returning to tree,,year after year,or graft plant,,plant in ground , and observe for stability

nice finds,,,any broom is worth grafting,,,,just in case it's something special

ron

Hi Coach,

The broom looks like an interesting find - how high up in the tree is it?

The other pungens with yellowing of last year's needles looks like it could be suffering from nutrient deficiency.

It is only about 10 feet up. I have found a couple brooms on the massive pinus strobus trees in the park but they look to be at least 60-70 feet high.

Congratulations!

Awesome! If you could harvest a few scions this winter I'd like to try grafting them.

As to your question, "does it look like something that's worth grafting", that's hard to tell from the photo. Pungens brooms are not uncommon, though more rare than Picea abies for example. If it has an special form, growth rate, or something else unique about it that would be an emphatic yes! Otherwise the best thing to do is try grafting it and evaluate it.

Cool. I could definitely get a few Scions this winter. I go to the park with my track team two e a week no matter how much snow is on the ground. The growth rate is definitely very slow. Looks like an inch or less and it looks like broom is quite old. I know that some of the spruce and pines were planted as early as the early to mid 1800s. There a few 100 feet plus larix decidua or kaempferi. There are a couple that are labeled decidua but look a lot like the kaempferi I am growing g right now. I am confident I an find another reachable broom in the park.

That sounds very interesting. Coach, can you send me an e-mail? I'm still not clear on how to contact someone directly through Houzz...

I write also your mail (leny.simi@seznam.cz) if there will be any grafts 8-), thanks