What type of conifer is this? Photo attached...

 
Does anyone know what  type of conifer this is?


It's in a pot, currently about 3m high.

I'm trying to figure out what type it is, and how big (tall/wide) it
will grow, so I can plan where to plant it...


Thanks!

Kay


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kjbt_100

 On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 07:24:30 +0000, kjbt_100


It looks like arborvitae but very pot bound... it's difficult to say
how large it will grow but I'd plan on at least 15' tall.

 
kjbt_100;929659 Wrote:

Hi Kay, from the picture, which isnt totally clear, I would say it was a
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawsons Cypress) Before C. leyandii took over
as the main screening conifer, these were widely planted but there was
one draw back, they were grown from seed, which meant you had alot of
variation in type. The reason that I'm telling you this is so that you
understand that it could be tall and thin, wide, slightly weeping but
that aside, it will grow quite large at a rate of 60cm. a year. It lends
itself to being trimmed but only as far back as the green shoots and
will not readily shoot from bare wood.

Lannerman


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lannerman

 wrote:

Lannerman is a always good source for these things but I think is a
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata), double checked and see they do sell
for hedges in the UK.