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Pls help ID conifers

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

Ive been admiring these conifers in my neighborhood. i know them as fir, hinoke & maybe larix, but if anybody knows their specific names, i would like to have 1 in my yard. Shrub number 3 is the only non evergreen. Thanks in advance.

1. some fir, this golden in spring & summer

2. hinoke

3. maybe larix, deciduous

4. not a clue

Comments (9)

  • 10 years ago

    #1 looks like Abies Pinsapo Aurea

    #4 might be Tsuga Canadensis Pendula

    I don't know about the other plants.


  • 10 years ago

    sure be nice to know location ... pinsapo is a nice guess on 1 ... if it grows in your area ..... also looks like my Abies fraseri


    lets be clear .. they are all conifers .. most of which are evergreen ... but some are deciduous ...


    so when you say its not evergreen.. you arent furthering the conversation ... just fyi on terminology .... nothing more ...


    3 is larix ... they are mixed up the the trade ... the owner ought to be put on trial.. for that beatles haircut nonsense.. lol ...


    ken

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Golden Spanish Fir

    Golden Hinoki - there are many of these, probably best to go see what nurseries have and buy one you like, instead of trying to discover a cultivar name for this same exact one

    Weeping Japanese Larch - sold generally as Weeping European Larch by mistake

    Weeping Eastern Hemlock - perhaps with Adelgid damage

  • 10 years ago

    Agree with Abies pinsapo for the first, and I think the two possibilities are 'Aurea' and 'Glauca.' Embothrium is right about their being a bazillion different golden Chaemacyparis obtusa out there. Depending on the age of the plant, that could be Confucius, Crippsii, Aurea, Verdoni, or something else.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Golden Spanish Fir is a less vigorous, yellow touched version of Blue Spanish Fir. So far I think the one shown here has enough yellow to be Golden Spanish Fir. Especially since it was described as

    golden in spring & summer

    People giving salad bowl haircuts to weeping trees - thereby defeating their purpose - is yet another example of the Savannah Mentality in action, wherein our biological heritage is grasslands punctuated by parasol acacia trees. Hence all the lawns and open space, and the idea that a proper tree looks like an umbrella.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Thanks to everybody, they were all good ID's, I took down notes. this is northeast NJ zone 7a. the larch drops all needles just about any day now, but very eye catching. the trunk is diagonal from the small mushroom one. the false cypress is golden all year & first time ive seen a good pyramidal shape. the 4th shrub, hemlock, was very lush until a year ago when it started losing needles around the edges during the winter. but i really love the shape & the trunk is something else.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    The left tree in pic 5 is missing its trunk? I see what you wrote but the trunk is still no where to be seen. Crazy.

  • 10 years ago

    its funny i never noticed that until you & another commenter above pointed it out. had i not bent my knee when i took the shot it wouldnt come out that way. when it has finished shedding then the trunk would be visible.