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Ham
Identify this tree?
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29 January, 2013, 07:37:06 am »
Full size image available here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/112931931188633879938/Cypress?authkey=Gv1sRgCJixifjuwYKuXA#5838533118804376450
A bit of fun, I'm asking the RHS too.
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delthebike
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29 January, 2013, 07:47:44 am »
Possibly a leylandii.
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bumper
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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
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29 January, 2013, 09:49:07 am »
Quote from: delthebike on 29 January, 2013, 07:47:44 am
Possibly a leylandii.
That's my bet.
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frankly frankie
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29 January, 2013, 10:29:12 am »
Not a leylandii. It's a Thuja Occidentalis (redwood to you and me).
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Exit Stage Left
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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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