Wow.

Thanks for sharing!

I know, sounds silly, but you've about rendered me speechless.

Gorgeous!

What's the name of that large greenish weeping conifer in the second photo from the top? It has an arm sticking out on the right side. Is it a fir?

Stuart...Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Graceful Grace'. Also from the other side 7th photo down. Found in 1969 by Albert E. Ziegler in York County PA.

Sweeeeeeeet!

Stunning! stunning! Third pic, tall blue weeping? Heck, how about naming everything.

Gibson...Picea glauca 'Morton Arboretum Weeping'.

Absolutely stunning. Very well done sir!

Color Boom! Just what we needed. Thanks Dave.

Keep em coming Dave , your posts are the best !

ron

Dave, your photos, especially on the recent post on Eisregen, have ruined me. Just so you know. I'm aching for a tall, narrow blue conifer that will grow in my zone 5 to 6 central indiana climate, AND that I can find to buy. Have you, or other kind folks here, any suggestions or shall I just continue to suffer?

:-)

Awesome as always my brother

How about a Bushes Lace! ?

I know you have one. It's on my list

Indianagirl....Don't suffer. There is always hope. Maybe you should dial up these folks at forest farm nursery. https://www.forestfarm.com/product.php?id=7064.  I purchased mine from them 10 years ago. Shipped as a 30 stick. Start out small and your plantings will always do better. A good nursery to do business with and reasonable.

Oh for heaven's sake - I've been googling for days, and you make it so easy. Thanks SO very much, Dave. Off to start browsing that website.

Ok, visited Forestfarm site, and placed my order. Dave you should tell them they owe you some commission. I got Cedrus deodara Eisregen, Nyssa sylvatica, Carpinus carolinia, Cornus kousa chinensis, and Fothergilla gardenii Blue Mist. I could have spent a whole lot more but I held back. Really impressed with the prices- I know plants will be small, but that's ok. It just means I can have more! Thanks again!

Good for you. I know you will be happy with the plants. My commission is seeing a happy woman enjoying a really neat pastime. Its been good to me.

I'll bet this garden really stands out in the winter when all the other landscapes are drab looking.

Nice job, Dave.

Mike

Is that a Picea abies 'Glauca Pendula'? I've never seen one I liked before, and I LOVE that one.

And what is that green variety of Picea orientalis? on the right in the second picture? Is it 'Pendula'

I love you plants!

Chris, give me a picture number for the first question. Picea orientalis. 'Nutans' on the right in the second picture.

First pic dead center for the Picea abies 'Glauca Pendula'

Picea abies 'Weeping Blue'. Iseli flooded the market about 10/12 years ago with this cultivar I think it ran its course in two years. 'Weeping Blue’ is a slow-growing weeping and/or spreading cultivar. If
trained upright as a tree, the branches weep downward. If not trained,
the branches will sprawl along the ground. Foliage is blue-green. When purchased it was staked for height and I continued doing so to about 10 feet. When I could reach no higher I decided to let it free range. Off the stake it has taken and abrupt horizontal turn. That leader will have to be cut off or some day it will tip over in a strong wind.

Well, it's a sad day in this Indiana house. Turns out that Forest Farm had a little inventory upload issue, and did not have Cedrus deodara 'Eisregen'. In fact, they had only two of the 5 plants that I ordered. They were most apologetic and gracious, and said maybe next year. Looks like I will suffer a little longer - and nothing wrong with anticipation, right?

Keep those inspirational photos coming, Dave.

How did I miss this post? Stunning! I wish I could visit in person.

Great pics, tons of color and textures, I stand in envy.

A cloudy day is a good time to take pictures. Sunny days have a lot of contrast which minimizes texture and gradation. Thanks for the color.

Take as many pictures and videos as you can Dave, so when you move you can take your garden with you. Maintenance will be at a minimum!

Mike

My Dream!!! Can't believe it how beautiful it is! If only we could stay at one place, I would have a garden like this!! I am totally in love with evergreens!

Wow, like a state arboretum specializing in conifers! How old is the garden?

It began in earnest in 2002.

That chain link fence is killing me. It's like putting those plastic spinning rims from Walmart on a Porsche.

Without the chain link fence deer, rabbits, dogs and every imaginal creature that lives in the Midwest would visit this garden at night. The garden would not survive without it. Everybody else ignores it. I have 322 friends on FB from all over the world. Your the first one to comment about it. I guess you weren't around when the clothes line was in the mix. That did manage to leave after the wife agreed to say take it out.

I was trying to make a joke and point out that a cedar privacy fence would look better. sry

Good neighbors have good fences.

My best friend and neighbor and I share a 650 ft. fence. It's ranch wire topped with two strands of barbed wire with a hot wire on his side. He has a few Angus cows and it does a good job. I keep my garden trimmed back a few feet so as not to temp the cows. That's a lot of trimming! ....................I shoulda planted further back. Ahhh, hindsight.

In your case Dave, trying to hide the fence wouldn't work. The space is too narrow and would take up too much room from your collection. I focus on the plants, not the fence.

A cedar or plastic fence would stick out like a sore thumb. My fence just melts into the background. Another factor is air circulation through the garden other wise blocked when a solid fence is installed.

I don't dispute the purpose of his fence, only the aesthetics of it considering how meticulous he was with every other aspect of his garden, which is incredible btw.

Let's move on. I have been down this road before.

Dave, it's absolutely stunning to me that this garden is ~15 years old. I am inspired to see how beautiful something can be, in a relatively short period of time. I hope that somehow, someway, it can be preserved in some form. You rock!