Thanks, I am trying to identify a tree cut down in my yard by the property owners.
This is a photo I found online which is the exact same foliage.
Tree was around the same height as the house (4m?) with lovely feathery soft foliage, a more pointed shape at top and the branches in a more weeping aspect, rather than growing straight out or upright.
Colour was a deep green.
Thanks for your help, will google the botanical name and see what comes up!
Think tree was too small to be a Norfolk Island Pine...it was growing in a mature garden and I think it may have been fairly old despite it's modest size
What country are you in? I have seen many Norfolk Island pines in WA. The Quokkas on Rottnest love them. They have lovely soft foliage unlike their relative , the monkey puzzle , which is hardy in the UK. I do not believe Norfolk Island Pine would grow well to any size in the UK. I have seen the odd small one used inside in shopping centres.
A soft conifer could be a Picea, however, without a photo of the full tree, cones, and leaves, impossible to identify.
If you are in Sydney, then quite likely. The early colonial explorers planted a lot of these to provide spare masts for ships. Then they found they are too brittle to be used as masts. There are a lot about the coast in Oz though.
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sORRY BUT ONE TINY PIC IS NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH TO GIVE A CORRECT ID.
a PIC TO SHOW THE WHOLE TREE WOULD HELP ENORMOUSLY.
iT may BE ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA.
OOPS CAP LOCKS.SORRY.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Araucaria+heterophylla&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjk_ozJl8DXAhVjIMAKHfWCBHgQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759
Thanks, I am trying to identify a tree cut down in my yard by the property owners.
This is a photo I found online which is the exact same foliage.
Tree was around the same height as the house (4m?) with lovely feathery soft foliage, a more pointed shape at top and the branches in a more weeping aspect, rather than growing straight out or upright.
Colour was a deep green.
Thanks for your help, will google the botanical name and see what comes up!
Think tree was too small to be a Norfolk Island Pine...it was growing in a mature garden and I think it may have been fairly old despite it's modest size
So the photo isn't the tree in question.
In the sticks near Peterborough
What country are you in? I have seen many Norfolk Island pines in WA. The Quokkas on Rottnest love them. They have lovely soft foliage unlike their relative , the monkey puzzle , which is hardy in the UK. I do not believe Norfolk Island Pine would grow well to any size in the UK. I have seen the odd small one used inside in shopping centres.
A soft conifer could be a Picea, however, without a photo of the full tree, cones, and leaves, impossible to identify.
Picea breweriana or Cedrus deodara ? in UK. Both soft leaved, weeping conifers.
I am in Sydney.
Thanks, will google these 2 names and see what comes up!
I think it must be a Norfolk Island Pine...the leaves are the most similar, and some of the photos show some plants have a more weeping aspect.
Thanks for your help!
If you are in Sydney, then quite likely. The early colonial explorers planted a lot of these to provide spare masts for ships. Then they found they are too brittle to be used as masts. There are a lot about the coast in Oz though.
Ahh.....knowing you are in Australia I am even more sure it is ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA.
https://www.plantopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/araucaria-heterophylla-n7.jpg
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