It's diffiult to capture just how bright Pinus mugo 'Winter Sonne' is in the springtime, but winter sunshine is an apt description of this little plant and I'm anxious for it to get a bit more mature as it will be a real bright spot in the late winter landscape! Vey hardy, this is a dwarf that will get to 2' x 4' over the course of ten years.
I have seen Picea pungens 'Dietz Prostrate' trained into an upright specimen by staking; however, that's exactly the look I don't want for mine. In fact, I'm tying it down to encourage it to grow very low. Ten year size should be about 10 inches high by 4 feet wide, and the color on this selection is excellent, similar to Picea pungens 'Procumbens' but a less bulky look to my mind.This plant actually spreads over three feet to date.
One of my favorite hellebores just starting to unfold in 'Winter Dream Picotee'... in fact, I like it so well that I have several. As you can see, the blooms are just beginning to unfurl and the color is quite rich with all the cold weather this season... we actually had 22 degrees over night and about 40 degrees today. The sun does feel great, however, and we've been moving flats of annuals in and out of the greenhouse where it reached 100 degrees this afternoon. I don't care to trust my small heater when the temps at night get as low as they are this weekend.
One of my favorite things about 'Winter Dream Picotee' is it's very rich dark throat but it's a bit too early for it to show up well... more photos in the future...
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This is a plant of 'Blue Lady' which actually looks much darker (and bluer) in real time... the sun and particular light seem to have changed its appearance in this shot.... none of my hellebores have reahed fully open bloom stage as of yet...
This is 'Red Lady' and there are a pile of bloom stalks developing... some appear to have started up in fall and there may be some damage from the snow cover...
As I said, it's still early in the season... normally we would be in the 60's and magnolias would be plumping their buds as if there were no tomorrow. Most Aprils find me obsessing over whether the magnolia buds may be ruined by cold... somehow I suspect we'll avoid any of that this year...
I've been collected new larger specimens of a number of conifers which I hope to get in the ground soon. I've also transplanted one of my magnolias that was in too much shade. My 8 foot 'Sunset Swirl' is a lot like a 'Daybreak' except its petals are much more upright and don't flop. Despite very wet ground, I felt the earlier it was transplanted, the better its chances of adapting to its new location. I don't have photos but do look it up on the internet for a pic from my friend Dennis who is the hybridizer... when googled as Magnolia Sunset Swirl, it is the first bloom to show up under google images and it's to die for! Dennis describes it as a perfect pinwheel form.
Larry
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