And a bonus of normal fall browning...

I hesitate to say, isn’t it some kind of Arborvite………but of course you would know that…….so now I am curious, there must be different varieties. Yes??

debra

p.s. it looks like a huge version of the bush I removed last fall.

Thuja occidentalis??? We all know that you know lol!

Spray structure and bluish appearance in closer view imply Thuja occidentalis 'Nigra'.

Whether clone or seedling, it’s consuming a lot of real estate. Nice find!

That's a beauty! I'd say therre

I'd say there's a good chance it's 'Techny'..

Well, it certainly fulfills its intended purpose.

to me.. an arb is an arb is an arb.. lol.. i never learned how to differentiate them ... even though i did have a few variations on the theme way back when ...

i wonder how many plants are there.. the typical 3???? .. you can see the cousins back behind it ...

ill take embo at his word ...

ken

It's globe shape is reminiscent of T. o. 'Woodwardii'. It would be an extremely large one, but fifty years...

Yes , globe is not those others.

Little Giant or other

ron

It's voluminous

At 50+ years of age, I'm not sure you can assign any specific cultivar name to this tree. Even given its advanced age, it is difficult to imagine it would be one of what are considered miniature or dwarf cultivars that were previously noted, with very limited annual growth rates. Nor does it have any resemblance in growth habit to the columnar forms already mentioned, even considering any age or climate related splaying.

Does it require a cultivar name???

It may not require a cultivar name, but it makes for good forum fodder.

I’m impressed that not one, but two clumps grew together so well for so many years. I’d say ’Techny’ and ’Nigra’ are good suggestions if there are several (5?) in there. I guess Ken should crawl in there and see how many there are. ;-)

tj

Well I learned sumpin——Thuja=ArboArborvitae.

debra

'Nigra' often forks and broadens markedly with age. Thuja Occidentalis 'Nigra' - Pépinière Cramer Inc.

As does 'Techny'.

https://www.windbreaktrees.com/techny-arborvitae

So does my ...

I think that was probably forked from the beginning however.

Does it require a cultivar name???

==>> not in the least ... 50 years ago.. most likely the tag said ARB.. lol ..

it was just conversation fodder ...

it makes me think about peeps who have a 20 foot deep back yard.. and a 2 story house behind.. and they want to plant green giants to get to the second floor as possible... and then i think of these... the the fact that they wont have a back yard in 20 years or so ...

and if you just had to have these.. you would have to root them ...

i slowed down and looked into the further back group.. i think there were 2 in there ...

ken

So does my ass

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planktkiller.. your post came after bill link to windbreaktrees.... are you implyiing something else???...lol

yes.. the rear one had two clumps of multiple trunks... it just happened there was enough fall leaf drop that i could see into the plants without getting out of my car in the rain ...

ken

TMI 🤦‍♂️

Looks like a circular planting to me, kind of a circular hedge. At least it gives me the idea of trying to do something similar with dwarf cultivars that have a somewhat rounded (but not globose) silhouette to begin with :-)

bringing this back up.. so i can load some new pix from my phone later ... the ice storm followed by the wet snow storm.. took out the back one.. so we can now see the stumps.... tree guys took away the top.. i presume they will be back to grind ...

ken

It was such a nice clump. Perhaps in another 30-50 years it will return to its former glory. You’ll have to update us then.

tj

I like it so much I would've kept going and finished the job, removing the whole thing, then planted something else.