What's this?

[Brushcutter]

Sorry for the quality of the sample its a little old now. It's from Penn wood if anybody know it. Apparently the bark looked 'Welingtonia like'.

 

Not seen anything like it before myself but Silver Firs or Hemlocks jump to mind. Can;t find anything close in my books so I thought I'd ask.

 

Any takers?

[Andrew Gale]

My first thought was Japanese red cedar but the growth is far too open but the bark description does fit.

[kev7937]

Cryptomeria japonica 'elegans'

 

Maybe

[Brushcutter]

My first thought was Japanese red cedar but the growth is far too open but the bark description does fit.

 

King William Pine?

[daltontrees]

Cryptomeria japonica 'elegans'

 

Maybe

 

That was my first (and so far only) thought.

[Yournamehere]

Yep, +1 for Cryptomeria japonica cv Elegans.

Tis illustrated at P87 of Mitchell's 'Conifers in the British Isles' and matches well. A google image search of 'Cryptomeria japonica Elegans.foliage' also has matches.