Tropicals & Tender Perennials: ID...it seems tropical.. but surely exotic.., 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
I was going to post the ID request to the evergreen group... but I find there is none here... so ya'll are it...
This is an evergreen looking tree I recently saw on my trip to Ireland... growing about 30' tall... and looking like a missing link.. somewhere between an evergreen and a fern... with a bit of dinasour thrown in.. almost like a Norfork Pine with armor on the bark.. here's the first photo.. gardens every where in Ireland.. although there was a hard frost the last nights I was there... so many of the flowers were passed... Gordon

This message was edited Oct 5, 2007 8:48 AM