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Can somebody identify this please?

12 years ago

I'm new to landscaping and my wife and I have four of these on the side of my house when we moved in. We like it and want in the front yard, too. The one pictured is about 3 feet and there are three others about 4-6 feet. Being a total novice I asked this in the shrub section and the guy there told me it was a conifer and should come here because somebody here would surely know. So I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

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wisconsitom
12 years ago
Great foliage, Y-Dog. It's either an arbor vitae-Thuja species -of some kind, or a Chamaecyparis of some other kind.

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doke88
Original Author
12 years ago
My first guess was a hinoki cypress of some kind.
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Thanks for the prompt replys, I guess I was asking for that lol. I was making a joke because ive got another post about a ficus im not doing very well with but I have lots of plants growing nicely so I must be doing something right, as for the cactus 1 problem was that I didnt know what it was called so I couldnt find spesific infomation about it kinda why im asking for an id lol,I do have plant books that I read but it wasnt in them i also couldnt find it on the internet so I was a bit in the dark, it grew very differenly to other cacti so given the circumstances I think I did quite well growing it from a few inches to 12 inches,you could almost say it was thriving, but out of the blue it started flopping over, it was in a very light area I later moved it to where I pictured it. Im definatly not the most green fingered person alive but hopefully now ive found this forum and with a little help where needed I will hopfully improve :) This post was edited by rikyrik on Mon, Apr 22, 13 at 4:00
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clement_2006
12 years ago
Thuja occidentalis !,cultivar ?
Clement
brentm
12 years ago
Thuja plicata 'Grune Kugel'

-Brent
Sara Malone Zone 9b
12 years ago
If Grune Kugel gets that big I'm in trouble...literature has it 12-24" in 10 years....that plant in the photo looks bigger! Mine are also wider than they are tall. But it does look like a Thuja...
doke88
Original Author
12 years ago
The one in the photo is about 3 feet high and there are three others that are even bigger. One has to be 5 or 6 feet tall. I have no idea how long they've been like that, though, or if they'll get bigger because I've only lived here for a little while. They may get 20 feet for all I know!!
monkeytreeboy15
12 years ago
Looks like Thuja occidentalis rather than Thuja plicata to me--probably a dwarf cultivar.
Edwin might know the cultivar.. :0)

-Sam
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
12 years ago
in the original post in the shrub forum.. wherein i referred them to you gurus .. i said:

it reminds me more of an arb.. that i have as Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Globe' aka 'Globosa Aurea'

and one 'tell'.. is whether yours was ever sheared.. or if it is natural shape ... the one above.. grows in this shape.. all by its lonesome ... and you should be able to tell by sticking your head in it.. lol ...

coloration varies thru the year ... so i dont know if yours is the yellow version ... but you might want to change the search at the link to ... Thuja occidentalis 'Globosa'

good luck

ken

Thuja occidentalis Globosa Aurea .. natural shape.. never been sheared in my garden .. june 3rd 2011 coloration .. 3 to 4 feet .. get this.. lowes.. 2002 ... go figure.. lol .. one of the VERY FEW i bought at bigboxstore ... which means the name is probably wrong.. lol ..

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doke88
Original Author
12 years ago
The one I have is more upright, though. It's definitely not round like that. It's more column shaped.

I think I'm going to go with a dwarf hinoki cypress in my front yard bed now. In researching what the one in the photo is I found that I really like that nana gracilis. Thanks everybody for your help.
arceesmith
12 years ago
This one appears to be growing in shade. Are they all in shade? My first suspicion would be Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardi' because it has been fairly commonly grown for a number of years. 'Woodwardi' would tend to be a little more compact than what I'm seeing here, but that could be a result of the amount of shade they are growing in. Someone with more Thuja cultivar experience will recognize it I'm sure.
doke88
Original Author
12 years ago
They are all in shade for the most part. There is some sun during the day but they are on the side of the house where there is a stone path that is surrounded by a lot of different evergreen trees, and it has more shade then sun for sure.
brentm
12 years ago
probably just Thuja occidentalis 'Globosa'

Here is a link that might be useful: photos
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
12 years ago
You likely have at least two different Thuja occidentalis cultivars. One a globosa type and we'd need to see a pic of the others to see what they might be.

tj
coniferjoy
12 years ago
I found several discriptions that this plant could be a Thuja occidentalis 'Thujopsoides'.
Unfortunately there are no pics availlable for comparison...

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