Trees from a distance

[theXman]

I'll go with the other one.

how about a crappy Leyland Cypress?

 

[willbranch]

"Oops!
I think it's Will's turn.

-Diane- "



I dont have a pic anyways

 

[JeffL]

Thuja?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Thuja what Jeff?

 

[JeffL]

Uhhhhhh, techny!?

Damn you Tom!

 

[theXman]

green giant arborvitae?

 

[tomthetreeman]

That was my second guess, X. You cheated.

-Tom

 

[trees4ever]

Well, Tom is in the right genus with his first guess of Chamaecyparis.
Do you want to try for the species (it's not nootkatensis) and/or variety?

The photo isn't showing its branch tips of yellow-coloring very well.
The tree is only 3 ft. high.
I 'rescued' him from neglect at the back of a plant nursery.
I planted him near his 180 ft. redwood tree brothers and he's doing really well now.
He'll probably reach 40ft maybe 60ft. at maturity.


Hint: There's a reason why I'm referring to him as a 'he'.

-Diane-

 

[tomthetreeman]

pisifera?

 

[trees4ever]

Pisifera is one of the two Japanese species.

This is one of the three N. American species.



-Diane-

 

[theXman]

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Lawson Falsecypress

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

Thuja occidentalis lutea Arborvitae Lutea, George Peabody Arborvitae, Yellow eastern arborvitae, Yellow American arborvitae

 

[trees4ever]

[ QUOTE ]
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Lawson Falsecypress

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And so it is, Xman!

The variety name is: 'Golden King'


Good guesses all around, everyone.

Especially for this tree which is often confused for Thuja and mis-labeled as such by the nursery industry.


You're up, Xman.


-Diane-

 

[tomthetreeman]

Pisifera was a bad guess.

-Tom

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

[ QUOTE ]
Especially for this tree which is often confused for Thuja and mis-labeled as such by the nursery industry.

[/ QUOTE ]

Ouch!!!!! the cheap poke I just got.

 

[theXman]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Lawson Falsecypress

[/ QUOTE ]


And so it is, Xman!

The variety name is: 'Golden King'


Good guesses all around, everyone.

Especially for this tree which is often confused for Thuja and mis-labeled as such by the nursery industry.


You're up, Xman.


-Diane-

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I've got a good one! just took the picture tonight at an estimate.

I'll post after the family goes to bed, 10 or 11pm tonight.

 

[theXman]

here it is.

It's new to me, just learned it today.

quite unique.

 

[trees4ever]

Some kind of a Buckeye (Aesculus or in the family Hippocastanaceae) ?

Is the shell of the fruit smooth or spiny?
My computer is terrible at zooming in.


-Diane-

 

[trees4ever]

Holly - no poking was intended.

Jeff guessed Thuja as well.
And Tom and Xman were on their way in that direction with second guesses of Arborvitae.

You were in the ballpark ...
and like I said this tree is often misidentified by lots of folks.



-Diane-

 

[theXman]

[ QUOTE ]
Holly - no poking was intended.

Jeff guessed Thuja as well.
And Tom and Xman were on their way in that direction with second guesses of Arborvitae.

You were in the ballpark ...
and like I said this tree is often misidentified by lots of folks.



-Diane-

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Hollen would have respected you more if it was a cheap poke. you should have left it a that

I never would have gotten that one if Diane hadn't given some clues.

Diane, not a horsechestnut or buckeye, not in the family.

just some text clues for now, then later a picture of fruit upclose later.

relatively smooth fruit, smooth skin except for the odd "petals" still on the end of the fruit. Fruit stay fairly hard while ON the tree.