The garden and landscape network for horticulture professionals
Help to identify a dwarf conifer
Hello all...I hope you all had nice weekends?
A potential customer of mine has had a problem with a dwarf conifer and it has died. There are 2 and I've been asked to replace the dead one for one of the same. I'm not up to scratch on conifers and would like to ask if anyone can help to identify it...It's apparently 25 years old and has been in a pot well tended for that long....then moved to it's new home 6months ago. This may be the reason for the death of it's twin...It's 2-3foot tall and I've included a couple of pics...I hope someone can enlighten me???
A potential customer of mine has had a problem with a dwarf conifer and it has died. There are 2 and I've been asked to replace the dead one for one of the same. I'm not up to scratch on conifers and would like to ask if anyone can help to identify it...It's apparently 25 years old and has been in a pot well tended for that long....then moved to it's new home 6months ago. This may be the reason for the death of it's twin...It's 2-3foot tall and I've included a couple of pics...I hope someone can enlighten me???
- Attachments:
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Vanessa Langford on -
Thanks Dan...now I know what I'm looking for!
-
Permalink Reply by Kieran Ray on -
im about 90% sure its either a Juniperus or a Chamaecyparis. Picea is the genus that looks like xmas trees, the traditional xmas tree is Picea abies.
Just take the pics to your local nusery and they should be able to get one for you, they are quite common.
-
Permalink Reply by colin on -
its a juniper, needle like foliage compared to chameacyparisus which is much softer edged
-
Permalink Reply by Kieran Ray on
-
Thought so slightly spickyer than chamaecyparis.
colin said:its a juniper
-
Permalink Reply by colin on
-
i would need to go on main comp with bigger screen and zoom in really to be sure these netbooks are no good when your blind as a bat lol
Kieran Ray said:Thought so slightly spickyer than chamaecyparis.
colin said:its a juniper
-
Permalink Reply by Vanessa Langford on
-
I've been looking at various pictures comparing Junipers and chamaecyparis. They both look similar! Although it could be a Juniperus chinensis Ontario???
Conifers really are mind boggling to me...they always have been!
I go to a good nursery so I'll show them my pictures and they'll know what it is for sure...I hope!
Thanks for the help
© 2010 Created by Philip Voice
