"echinosum" wrote in message
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Rondeco;855803 Wrote:
Thanks for your response . I've searched Google images and can't see a
Cedar tree that looks anything like it , if it helps ... the foliage is
very soft , not stiff like pine needles and I've never seen any kind of
cone or fruit on it .

Ron
It is definitely not a cedar sensu strictu, ie Cedrus. But a lot of
people use the the term cedar colloquially to refer to members of the
cypress family Cupressaceae in general. And a lot of the Cupressaceae
have common names with the word "cedar" in, such as Japanese Cedar and
Incense Cedar. It must surely be a member of the Cupressaceae, and I'm
suspecting it is some kind of Juniper, of which there are many species
and many garden forms.

Know what I think it might be? Cryptomeria japonica - but as I am not
familiar with the species I can not be sure. Foliage of certain varieties
can be quite soft according to web sites I've looked at, and the reddish
bark seems to confirm it.

If that's what it is then it's quite unusual in a small garden as it more
normally associated with large parks. It would be a tragedy to lose it so I
hope it is all right.

R.