What juniper is this?

[Elmar]

G'day all,
A neighbour of a friend of mine has the following ?Juniper? in his garden. Chances are it will survive where I live so if it's a suitable specimen then I will attempt to get a cutting and grow it.




Not sure if it's obvious, but the leaves (if that's what they are called) all seem to be FLAT - unlike the other Juni's I see on this forum.


Cheers
EZ
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[Bougy Fan]

Not a juniper. Some kind of chamaecyparis ?

[Grant Bowie]

Bookleaf; Thuja?

[Elmar]

Thanx guys.

by Bougy Fan » 25 minutes ago

Not a juniper. Some kind of chamaecyparis ?

I looked these up and got some pictures back of them as Bonsais … and got excited, but it doesn't quite fit the leave structure …

by Grant Bowie » 18 minutes ago

Bookleaf; Thuja?

I think you got it, Grant, but there are no Bonsai examples that I could see … so being right might mean no Bonsai?? Does either one of you have any experience with these as Bonsais?

[Bonsaitrees (Craig)]

they are out there


http://www.sabonsai.co.za/forum/index.p ... ge__st__20

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[lackhand]

It is possible to create bonsai from thuja, but they're not the best subjects. Personally I don't think I would bother with a cutting as their best feature is deadwood, like juniper. So starting a small, difficult tree without much character wouldn't be high on my list. Now if they'll let you dig the whole tree, you might be in business.

https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/wiki/index.php?title=Thuja

[Elmar]

Cheers lackhand, short and sweet. Getting a bit excited...


Cheers
EZ
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