i have Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue Ice' .. i dont know if its the same??? .. or part of that naming hell mentioned in other posts????

its never had snow load issues ...

after 6 years its about 18 inches tall ... and xmas tree shaped.. but for what i now see is a second leader ...

but it took a severe hit.. for the first time.. this spring with freeze damage [along with about 45% of the rest of the collection] .. it will recover fine.. just ugly as sin right now ...

ken

ps: i would not have a problem with a name correction here .... and i would make a note on my dB ... but it is what i bought it as ...

Thanks! I was looking at the Ch.pisifera 'Baby Blue' that Iseli has on their website. Don't know if it's the same either. The whole naming thing dazes me. I'm new to conifers so I'm at the stage of just trying to get my mind around the species names!

So, so sorry about the freeze damage. Heartbreaking to see the little treasures suffer and get disfigured, not to mention the financial investment!

'Baby Blue Ice' was a sport of 'Baby Blue' found by Larry Stanley and a bit slower growing than 'Baby Blue'. A 'Baby Blue' should be 6 x 4 in 10 years. I, too, have a 'Baby Blue Ice' with no snow damage (or frost, for that matter).

'Baby Blue Ice'

Looks like mine wants to start a second leader too.

tj