Bargain projects

[Victorim]

Was out and about today and traveled to a "mom n pop" nursery not too far away I clocked on google maps. Lovely mad old guy, telling me for the last number of years they focus on flower shows and apologizing for the upkeep of his areas. Kept telling him its no problem its ideal for me Anyways, long story short, he only wanted £5 a pop for these! Told him i`ll be back.

So we have a dawn red wood, uncommon in any sort around here so:


Two Cedars (Lebinon?):



And the forth I`m not sure on.. ID would be appreciated looks like spruce of some sort.. or fir..


Foliage close up:


What do reckon? love bargains New species again so back to research..

 

[Cadillactaste]

Literati for some of those I am thinking? Fun projects...congrats on the pickups!

 

[Bonsai Mike]

Best types of places to look!

 

[Victorim]

Literati for some of those I am thinking? Fun projects...congrats on the pickups!

Need to clean them up and have a good stare. Again new stuff so unsure about compacting / building yet (I know I can`t stump em )

 

[Wilson]

Nice haul! That dawn redwood you can chop down the height, they are mad growers. Like @Cadillactaste said, those cedars look like literati material. That last one looks like a fir(flat needles) and could be a convincing alpine tree. Definitely a score for the prices!

 

[Victorim]

Nice haul! That dawn redwood you can chop down the height, they are mad growers. Like @Cadillactaste said, those cedars look like literati material. That last one looks like a fir(flat needles) and could be a convincing alpine tree. Definitely a score for the prices!

Aye I thought that, but not seen fir so dense and I cant see "suckers" attaching the needles. Need to pull a one and have a better look. Nice to know you can chop redwood.. first time I've seen one in the flesh so any info has been skimmed

 

[Wilson]

@Vin has a great dawn redwood, that manages to convey proper scale.

 

[just.wing.it]

Nice trees!
Good finds for sure!
I wish I could ID those...

 

[Ironbeaver]

#4 wouldn't be hemlock of some sort, would it?

 

[Vance Wood]

Was out and about today and traveled to a "mom n pop" nursery not too far away I clocked on google maps. Lovely mad old guy, telling me for the last number of years they focus on flower shows and apologizing for the upkeep of his areas. Kept telling him its no problem its ideal for me Anyways, long story short, he only wanted £5 a pop for these! Told him i`ll be back.

So we have a dawn red wood, uncommon in any sort around here so:
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Two Cedars (Lebinon?):
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And the forth I`m not sure on.. ID would be appreciated looks like spruce of some sort.. or fir..
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Foliage close up:
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What do reckon? love bargains New species again so back to research..

The last one is a fir of some sort. Is the foliage soft to the touch? If yes it is a Fir. Nice finds all of them.

One of the Cedars appears to have some fuzzy stuff growing on the trunk? Tell us about that stuff.

 

[Victorim]

The last one is a fir of some sort. Is the foliage soft to the touch? If yes it is a Fir. Nice finds all of them.

One of the Cedars appears to have some fuzzy stuff growing on the trunk? Tell us about that stuff.

Yes soft to the touch.

The moss? Need to water blast and toothbrush clean.. and give them all a good fungal spray.

Cheers Vance.

 

[sorce]

I'd work em like they was $500.

Bloody nice!

Sorce

 

[just.wing.it]

I agree with Vance about that last tree, I don't think it's a spruce, but I don't know my firs...

 

[Vance Wood]

Yes soft to the touch.

The moss? Need to water blast and toothbrush clean.. and give them all a good fungal spray.

Cheers Vance.

Don't put it into the I'll do it later category, you need to do it asap. It is possible it could be dwarf mistletoe and that stuff is a dangerous parasite.

 

[Victorim]

Don't put it into the I'll do it later category, you need to do it asap. It is possible it could be dwarf mistletoe and that stuff is a dangerous parasite.

Will do as soon as I get back from work

 

[Vin]

Aye I thought that, but not seen fir so dense and I cant see "suckers" attaching the needles. Need to pull a one and have a better look. Nice to know you can chop redwood.. first time I've seen one in the flesh so any info has been skimmed

Nice finds! Dawns are pretty much bullet proof here in my zone but I'm not sure how well they do in your area. I have one that I've cut back hard every year for the last three years and by the end of Summer you wouldn't even know it.

 

[Handsome John]

It looks like a Nordman Fir, especially the way the needles cover the branches but maybe its a cultivar of it. It would also be common to Europe so that's my guess haha

 

[Victorim]

Scrubbed and fungal sprayed.

 

[petegreg]

Nice, I like these starters. Today spent with cleaning (checking wires and pruning) of subtropicals that weren't pruned all the season and went to the winter quarters. Acquired like these yours, but I'm very pleased with their development.

 

[0soyoung]

I agree with Vance about that last tree, I don't think it's a spruce, but I don't know my firs...

Fir needles are Flat
Spruce needles are Square