ID for large evergreen tree

elizabethp2009 · March 2019

Hi,I have a large evergreen tree in my garden.It is about 20 feet tall at the moment.It has recently started to be covered in tiny pinkish blossom ,if in fact it is blossom!? This doesn't happen every year.It is very popular with the garden birds.I would just like to know what it is.
Thanks, Elizabeth

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Paul B3 · March 2019

They look like the male flowers of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's Cypress) ; and very nice too !

elizabethp2009 · March 2019

Paul B3 said:

They look like the male flowers of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's Cypress) ; and very nice too !

Thanks so much.It is such a magnificent tree and supports so many birds..siskins,chaffinch,blue tits ,great tits,coal tits,lesser spotted woodpecker and gold finch.
Thanks again

Paul B3 · March 2019

Sounds like a haven for our feathered friends Elizabeth ; glad to have helped .

By the way , the tree is wind pollinated !

DampGardenMan · March 2019

I've got one of them (more than one in fact), but have yet to see anything like that!

elizabethp2009 · March 2019

Paul B3 said:

Sounds like a haven for our feathered friends Elizabeth ; glad to have helped .
By the way , the tree is wind pollinated !

We have plenty of wind in Scotland!

elizabethp2009 · March 2019

DampGardenMan said:

I've got one of them (more than one in fact), but have yet to see anything like that!

I only noticed the pink flowers about 5 years ago...then again now.

Silver surfer · March 2019

You may like to look at these links.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lawson_cypress_male_cone.jpg

Several interesting pics here.....
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/chamaecyparis-lawsoniana

I never knew the male flowers are called male cones!

elizabethp2009 · March 2019

Silver surfer said:

You may like to look at these links.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lawson_cypress_male_cone.jpg

Several interesting pics here.....
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/chamaecyparis-lawsoniana

I never knew the male flowers are called male cones!

Thanks...so interesting.It's the giant in my garden!

Wayside · March 2019

Wow.

Paul B3 · March 2019

Looks like a windy day when the picture was taken ; hence the nearly horizontal bird-feeders !

ID for large evergreen tree

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