Can you ID this conifer?

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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Can you ID this conifer? May 17, 2011 8:06:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on May 17, 2011 8:06:20 GMT Very unusual - I like it!

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Can you ID this conifer? May 17, 2011 19:24:46 GMT

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Post by Fractal on May 17, 2011 19:24:46 GMT

Phyllocladus alpinus at work. As noted, this is a dwarf shrub though some forms are more vigorous and will reach 5-6ft eventually though this one is at the smaller end of its vigour range.

The apparent leaves are really flattened modified stems, rhomboidal or diamond shaped in this species with a slightly wavy or toothed margin. Other species (much more vigorous, 30m in some species) have much more divided or pinnate phylloclades or leaf-like stems.

P. alpinus which is just starting to open its bright carmine-red strobilli (flowers).

Sorry to sort of hijack this thread but I just wanted to show this species. Still not 100% on the id of yours though WF. If the grower said conifer, then it must be one of the more vigorous Phyllocladus. Keep us posted anyway

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Can you ID this conifer? May 18, 2011 8:04:27 GMT

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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 18, 2011 8:04:27 GMT

It wasn't a grower I got it from. He is an old friend of my parents, I give him a hand with the heavy jobs he can't manage any more. He loves GS and is always buying something new which means something that isn't doing well in his garden has to go. All these plants come my way. He said it was a conifer.

I love the little alpinus, hijack away, you always post something interesting I have never come across.

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Can you ID this conifer? May 18, 2011 8:19:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on May 18, 2011 8:19:54 GMT Glad you said that, Wf. It's always something unusual and a pleasure to see, isn't it.

wildlifefriendly Guest	Can you ID this conifer? Jun 29, 2011 20:27:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by wildlifefriendly on Jun 29, 2011 20:27:18 GMT It has just started to flower, does this help with the ID

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Can you ID this conifer? Jun 29, 2011 20:37:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Jun 29, 2011 20:37:57 GMT It's a Grevillea, so not a conifer.

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Can you ID this conifer? Jun 30, 2011 19:47:01 GMT

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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jun 30, 2011 19:47:01 GMT

Thanks Steve N, but not what I wanted to hear. A conifer I could cope with but this is not hardy, or not hardy enough for my garden.

Oh well, it will have to remain where it is until it dies this winter, it seems a bit of a shame but I'm not shifting it in and out this winter and future ones until it gets too big to move and then it will die.

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Can you ID this conifer? Jul 1, 2011 20:12:02 GMT

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Post by Fractal on Jul 1, 2011 20:12:02 GMT

May 16, 2011 21:35:26 GMT Fractal said:

Hmmmm, well Phyllocladus are the only conifers to have that "ferny" look.

The only other plant group I can think of that has true foliage like this are members of the flowering plant family Proteaceae. I wonder if it is a Grevillea of some sort?

As you can see, I had slight doubts from near the start WF

wildlifefriendly Guest	Can you ID this conifer? Jul 1, 2011 20:40:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by wildlifefriendly on Jul 1, 2011 20:40:46 GMT I think being told it was a conifer didn't help. A mighty fast ID when I posted the flowers

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