mrpercysnodgrass

Thank you for your replies and suggestions. The nearest is Chamaecyparis lawsoniana but still does not quite fit the bill. Our garden used to be part of a show garden for a specialist alpine nursery, the owner still lives next door, unfortunately he had a stroke some years ago and cannot remember the species!

Can anyone help me identify this Pine. The leaves are quite soft and the new growth in the spring/early summer is a pinky mauve and the seeds can be seen in fine misty clouds floating off the tree in the summer breeze.