Please identify this cedar. Thanks!

[Cedar Inquisitive]

Does anyone know what kind of cedars these are? We need to know to add and replace. We get different answers.

 

[KostasVolos]

They look like Leyland Cypress to me ...

 

[Raintree]

White cedar

 

[nedsim]

Does anyone know what kind of cedars these are? We need to know to add and replace. We get different answers.

Northern White Cedar, of which there are at least dozens of cultivars. Those look like the the wild cedars common in the woods here in northern New England. I have a hedge of volunteers much like that in front of my shop.

 

[lone wolf]

Northern White Cedar, of which there are at least dozens of cultivars. Those look like the the wild cedars common in the woods here in northern New England. I have a hedge of volunteers much like that in front of my shop.

I do believe they need lots of water .

 

[nedsim]

I do believe they need lots of water .

They'll tolerate very wet conditions, and will outcompete most native tree species around here in wet areas, but won't suffer in dry soils once established. Those around my shop are growing in well drained gravel backfill around the foundation.

 

[pdqdl]

Does anyone know if these could be grown from cuttings?

I'd be very surprised, but that might provide some identical replacements. I've seen junipers branch out and grow from branches that get layered with leaves & earth.

 

[Del_]

Does anyone know if these could be grown from cuttings?

I'd be very surprised, but that might provide some identical replacements. I've seen junipers branch out and grow from branches that get layered with leaves & earth.

I'm sure that they can be grown from cutting.

Might take a misting system though as most conifers do.

 

[pdqdl]

Yes indeed! @Cedar Inquisitive :

You can raise identical plants to fill in or replace dying plants by growing your own. Obviously, this isn't as fast as buying some nursery stock, but it will probably give you a better match.

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/root-white-cedar-tree-74986.html

 

[Lightning Performance]

Just pin down down large lower branches.

 

[pdqdl]

Well... That's what I was referring to when I said "layered with leaves & earth."

That might take longer than both our lifetimes if we are trying to replace a plant on the other side of the house.

 

[slabMan]

Leyland Cyprus is my guess. I dont think they produce seeds, but I think they can be propagated from cutting [when the mother tree is dormant IE late fall]. Take your non woody [green] cutting, strip off lower nodes and cut some skin off and dip in root hormone and toss in the cold frame or green house, or area they will get warmth and water...