Thanks miguynmkoi!
Here's the story...
It's a slow growing very rare evergreen. The original plant I found at a garden center in Wilmington, NC, way back when we lived there about 10 years ago.
Can't remember the name of the Garden Center but it is still in business, very old, very reputable.
I bought it in a pot, about the size of the plant you see in the photo. Wasn't cheap, about $40 in a 2 gallon pot.
Kept it in the pot for 2 years cuz I knew we were moving back home here to NY when Bill retired.
When we moved back here, we ended up renting because real estate prices had gone crazy.
I didn't want to plant it at the rental, and it was getting too big for the pot.
So I took it to my friend Jack Weiskott of Ornamental Plantings here in Southold, and he planted it in his display gardens.
It's been growing there for 8 years now, and he has been taking cuttings and growing some from seeds cuz the original plant started making cones.
The original plant is now about 8 feet wide and almost 3 feet tall, it's a sprawling beautiful blue mound, looking a LOT like a sky blue sprawling Monkey Puzzle Tree.
Very wide blue needles and as it ages, they get even bigger and wider, very prehistoric looking.
Well I stopped by Ornamental Plantings 2 days ago just to say HI to Jack cuz I hadn't been there all year, and to tell him we are finally home owners....
and Jack gave me this plant as a house warming gift, a well established rooted cutting from my original plant!
