by Carol P.
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April 26, 2007

Please help identify this tree/bush!

April 26, 2009 12:01 PM EDT (Updated: April 26, 2009 12:21 PM EDT)
views: 192 | rating: 10/10 (12 votes) | comments: 25

 

This pretty little green tree/bush, is starting to grow in my back yard.

I didn't really notice it last year as it was a little "stick", but after feeding it Miracle Grow, it is starting to take off this year. I also am using a rubber ring, the recycled kind to keep the weeds out. It's working good as well.

Now I have to figure out what it is. Some type of Juniper perhaps???

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Comments: 25

Samantha W. Apr 26, 2009, 12:08pm EDT
I don't know what type of plant that it but it looks pretty
JoAnne D. Apr 26, 2009, 12:10pm EDT
It does look like a juniper. I'm not too good at identification.
Carol P. Apr 26, 2009, 12:17pm EDT
Thank you all. Michael, I too thought it was in the pine family, I will go now and seeif it has the pine scent. But it is prickly, like a pine.
Carol P. Apr 26, 2009, 12:18pm EDT
Thank you Samantha and JoAnne. I have only seen pics of junipers, never in person, so I wasn't sure.
Carol P. Apr 26, 2009, 12:22pm EDT
Michael, I can't smell anything but it really looks like it's in the pine family, just really small.
Svetlana Goryacheva Apr 26, 2009, 12:24pm EDT
Never seen anything like that, but this is really beautiful! :-)

Hugs and blessings - S.
Carol P. Apr 26, 2009, 12:29pm EDT
Thanks Svetlana! Good to see you.
Rae M. Apr 26, 2009, 12:48pm EDT
Kind of looks like some kind of pine
Carol P. Apr 26, 2009, 12:48pm EDT
I think I have solved the mystery.... Bird's Nest Spruce ? It is a slow growing dwarf evergreen.
Tina Coruth Apr 26, 2009, 12:58pm EDT
Hi Carol. This is the featured post! I thought it might be a mungo pine tree. I found a photo here:
http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-plant-mugo-pine-trees.htm

Now I'm not sure if it's this or the Bird's Nest Spruce. I feel pretty sure that it is some sort of dwarf evergreen. LOL

Thank you for posting to Help Identify This
http://helpidentifythis.gather.com/
Carol P. Apr 26, 2009, 12:59pm EDT
Wow, thanks Tina!!! I will check out the link.
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Apr 26, 2009, 2:14pm EDT
Very nice, I have no idea what it may be but it's coming along nicely.
Charles A. B. Apr 26, 2009, 2:58pm EDT
I'm not sure what you have therre. I think you are on the right track with the pine or maybe the spruce.
Randall C. Apr 26, 2009, 3:27pm EDT
Hi Carol. I see you got it figured out...
Ruth Luce Apr 26, 2009, 3:54pm EDT
I don't know, but it is very pretty!!
Elaine S. Apr 26, 2009, 4:07pm EDT
I have no idea but I like it!
JOHN BECK Apr 26, 2009, 4:33pm EDT
It's hard to tell at this magnification but from what I think I see of the needles I suspect that it is one of the Yews, a species of the genus Taxus.
Marianne R. Apr 26, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
I can't tell
Sandy (back in Ohio...blah!) Apr 26, 2009, 7:20pm EDT
I have no idea...but I like the bush.
Sherrie H. Apr 26, 2009, 7:22pm EDT
We have these here, but not sure what it is called.
Clay Hurtubise Apr 26, 2009, 8:38pm EDT
Not sure, but looks just like a shrub I saw at Home Depot!
Carol P. Apr 28, 2009, 1:53pm EDT
Thank you all... I still think it is a bird's nest tree.
phil w. Apr 30, 2009, 12:16am EDT
I think John is correct ,it looks like Taxus baccata ,repandens ( means low ,spreading ) ,I think it's commonly called Weeping English Yew . Yews are some of the oldest plants on the earth.Sorry ,i get carried away. :- ) .
Carol P. Apr 30, 2009, 2:46pm EDT
Not a problem Phil, thank you for the info!

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