PICEA OMORIKA 'BUTTERMILK FALLS'

This is a provisional name for a plant I have had under evaluation for 8 years. I found it as a branch mutation in the summer of 2001 on a specimen of Picea omorika 'Pendula Major' in our gardens. I propagated it that following winter and it has developed into the plant pictured below.

I have been sparingly propagating it for the past two years to determine if it is worth distribution. The variegation present is a unique cream color that is rare in the conifer world.

This type of variegation can be unstable in plants that are propagated from the parent. If it is consistent, I will eventually put it on the market as named. If it has a few small defects, I may market it with those defects listed (such as the possible need to remove an occasional green branch).

Picea omorika 'Pendula Major' is a rare cultivar itself. That makes this variegated form even more interesting.

SEPTEMBER, 2007

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