the hunt is half the fun ..

but finding obscure references in posts from a dude who visited every obscure nursery within a thousand miles of his house.. might not get you very far ... especially since his source went out of biz a while back ..

ken

Give Conifer Kingdom a call. That's where I got mine. Bob Fincham is the originator of this plant and Conifer Kingdom has acquired most of his plants due to his retiring. They have things that are not listed on their website. ;-)

The cream variegation will burn a bit in full sun. I haven't had mine long enough to know if it will burn less as it gets older. They often burn less once the root system becomes more stablished.

Thanks for the suggestion. I called them and they said they are going to have them ready in fall. They won't have my other conifer from the wish list, "Anita's golden cloak "until next year though.

They won't have my other conifer from the wish list, "Anita's golden cloak "

==>>> lol.. you got it bad.. dont you.. lol ... reminds me of someone .. back in the day .. who was that???

ken

ps: if it is meant.. that a first year graft will be ready in fall ... i might be leary of working in that size ... unless you really know what you are doing .. it was a very expensive lesson to learn..

Anita's Golden Cloak??? You mean this plant?

That makes cones like this?

With second-year grafts that look like these? BTW, I'm not comfortable releasing fresh grafts either. They need to prove to me that they really want to live.

Dave

Oh yeah. 'Buttermilk Falls' is the OT. I got mine from Bob about 5 years ago. It's just getting started. It should be big enough to harvest scionwood in about 3 years.

Very nice plants! I wish I would have been able to see/ visit bobs place before it closed, but I live soo far away. Dave, would you be willing to part with any of the second year grafts?

Yes, but not until September or October. They need to sit and grow for a season.

Awesome ! Just let me know how much you want for the plant and shipping whenever they are ready. I've never grafted anything on my own yet, but I've been doing a lot of reading and video watching and I think I might give it a try this year.

I never exchange money for plants. Bad karma there.

Sorry, I didn't know.

Wow, I didn't realize I was actually talking to the owner of glaciers end arboretum which the acs website mentions multiple times and husband to Anita which golden cloak was named after.

Yup. That's me.

I figured that since you like the plant, you'd appreciate seeing the original, now 15 years old.

I'm sorry if I offended you by offering to purchase the plant I honestly thought you were either a retail or wholesale nursery owner.

Not offended at all. I'm just a hobbyist at an extreme level and want to keep it that way.