The landscaping where I work in Seattle is impressive, I think they got some Plant Geek/Garden Designer to plant it years ago. Many of the plants are labeled (better than the Arboretum!). I have always admired this little, slow growing tree. It is in the sun, between a paved driveway and paved walkway. This year it got a little brown-we had two periods where it got down to around 10 degrees F, other than that it always looks fabulous. It is very soft to look at and to touch. When I look up Athrotaxus laxifolia, the pictured plant really does not resemble this little tree at all. Are there cultivars? I suppose it is possible there used to be one but it died and this is something else. I can't picture the designer putting a giant forest tree in that spot, so I think it must be a cultivar. I want one!
p.s. sorry about the crummy photos-I used my cell phone by stealth. The people I work with do not need to know I am a Plant Nerd!
Is it really Tasmanian Cedar?
Very definitely not!
It is a Sequoia sempervirens cultivar, probably either 'Adpressa' or 'Cantab'.
Resin
Oh, PS - Athrotaxis isn't a cedar (Cedrus) - the label is doubly wrong.
Resin wows me again!
Thank you so much. I think the leaves look most like 'Cantab'. The nurseries describe it as a prostrate spreader, but "Trees of Seattle" says the Arboretum has some that are fully treelike and 60 feet tall already. Maybe I will plant one, then if it is too big in 20 years I will harvest it and make a new Redwood deck!
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