Looks like Platycladus orientalis.

is there a blue version of such??? .. or is that a camera trick???

tough pic with the shadowing ... any chance you have a better and closer pic??

ken

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffcm&q=Platycladus+orientalis&iax=images&ia=images

why doenst his botanical garden have their collection labeled????

Thujopsis dolabrata?

Thujopsis does not hold its foliage sprays vertically as the photo example does.

Bird planted Red Cedar?

My first impression (probably totally wrong) was Thuja.

I don't know if it is just me and my laptop, but when I click on an image, in a post, the image that pops up, is very often smaller than the one in the post. Strange.

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana was my first thought but I’d need a closer pic.

tj

Platycladus orientalis 'aurea nana'.

Looks very much like my Wichita Juniper, Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita Blue'.

A one I am familiar with that looks quite like this under some conditions is Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pembury Blue'. The size of the specimen asked about also aligns generally with recent dispersals of this plant on the North American market.

Unfortunately Lawson cypress is quite prone to water molds so that you may find if you try one on your site it doesn't last. And it may be the case that the days of the one shown here turn out to be numbered also. In the meantime I am suspecting the fact that it is still there at all is attributable to the planting site being sandy.

I've been looking at the SCBG Shoenike Arboretum's plant list and they grow about every species thats been mentioned here, I think it's definitely Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, it's too blue and feathery to be Platycladus or Thujopsis. For now anyway.🤣

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana doesn't handle very well the heat of the Southeast. Could be Thuja orientalis 'Blue Cone'.