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Ham

Identify this tree?
« on: 29 January, 2013, 07:37:06 am »
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delthebike

Re: Identify this tree?
« Reply #1 on: 29 January, 2013, 07:47:44 am »
Possibly a leylandii.
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bumper

Identify this tree?
« Reply #2 on: 29 January, 2013, 08:13:57 am »
I've got something similar in the garden, I think they were cupressus gold?. I'll take a look later because I'm sure there's a label on one. They've grown about a foot a year.
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Ian H

Re: Identify this tree?
« Reply #3 on: 29 January, 2013, 09:49:07 am »
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frankly frankie

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Re: Identify this tree?
« Reply #4 on: 29 January, 2013, 10:29:12 am »
Not a leylandii.  It's a Thuja Occidentalis (redwood to you and me).
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Re: Identify this tree?
« Reply #5 on: 29 January, 2013, 10:44:05 am »
Quote from: frankly frankie on 29 January, 2013, 10:29:12 am
Not a leylandii.  It's a Thuja Occidentalis (redwood to you and me).

Possibly Thuja Plicata, Western Red Cedar. They self-seed, but this seems to be planted. Difficult to tell at that size, you'd need the cones to sort them out. Occidentalis is more likely to be planted as a hedge.
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bumper

Identify this tree?
« Reply #6 on: 29 January, 2013, 10:54:07 am »
The one I've got growing is a cupressus castelwellan. I've not got green fingers so go off what the gardeners on here say :D the leylandii I had chopped down had a smooth feel to the leaves apparently compared to others, tbh they looked the same to me!
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The French Tandem

Re: Identify this tree?
« Reply #7 on: 29 January, 2013, 11:00:24 am »
Having to choose between thuja and cypress, it's hard to tell which one is which from a photo.

The thuja has a very strong and typical odor, while the cypress doesn't smell anything. Well, almost anything.
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Ham

Re: Identify this tree?
« Reply #8 on: 29 January, 2013, 11:00:40 am »
Been planted at appx 45 - 60 cm intervals on a border - behind a fence.

Quote from: frankly frankie on 29 January, 2013, 10:29:12 am
Not a leylandii.  It's a Thuja Occidentalis (redwood to you and me).

Growing characteristics seems to suggest up to 30 ft?

Certainly not a dwarf species, then. How fast growing?
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ferret

Re: Identify this tree?
« Reply #9 on: 29 January, 2013, 11:06:32 am »
I would have thought it's a leylandii, Thuja Occidentalis tend to have flatter green bits, can't really tell from the picture:)
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