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Solved ID please for someone else

Discussion in 'Identification Area' started by Pushkin, Aug 2, 2019.

  1. Pushkin

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    My first thought is Rosemary @Pushkin .. Do the leaves smell savoury if you rub them.! Has it has little tiny blue flowers in past years.?

    I am probably wrong and someone will correct me.. ;):whistle:
     
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    Looks like a dwarf conifer to me.
     
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      I think it's two different plants. The growth habit of the top one looks different to the bottom one to me.
      I did think Rosemary for the bottom photo but it doesn't look silvery enough to me.
       
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      Ooh..I thought they were the same plant.
      Possibly something like dwarf Podocarpus sp.
      Maybe Pushkin will clarify.
       
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      That's what I thought but it has no smell.

      It's reportedly just one plant. It was a ball type plant that has spread.

      Will google Podocarpus.

      My first thought was it's a type of juniper.

      Thanks all.
       
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        Same here. Perhaps a Juniperus or even a dwarfe Thuja.
         
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        My guess is a dwarf Thuja, definitely coniferous.
         
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        Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Maki' looks similar ; responds well to light pruning either into a small hedge or solitary small specimens as pictured by Pushkin .
         
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        Conifers are ALWAYS hard to id from pics.
        I was just sure Rosemary didn't fit.
        There are so many super new dwarf conifers now on the market I would hate to take it any further.
        In real life you would have a good close look at it...then pick a bit,rub it and smell it to try and id it.
        Different conifers have different scents.
        Cannot smell a pic!
         
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