Unknown Trees in Front Yard! Help!

Let Mother Nature do her thing.

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The birds can carry seeds from other areas and deposit them in your yard. Those may be some type of cypress or juniper. If you like them, leave them and see what happens.

How can you call them cypress or juniper? The OP did not provide any description of the things growing. They might not even be trees.

I hate to say it again but something smells fishy.

How can you call them cypress or juniper? The OP did not provide any description of the things growing.

Yes they did. Dsultan said that "They look like small "christmas" trees, with fir-like needles". What else looks like a small Christmas Tree with fir-like needles other than a cypress or juniper type plant?

How can you get away with calling yourself the Sedum Queen?

Would you know the difference between Hylotelephium and Sedum even if one bit you on the butt?

I didn't see mention yet of it being a Horsetail (Equisetum arvense). That would be about the right height for them now. They are a real pain to get rid of, if that is what you have. See these links for some more info:

More information or an image is needed to identify your new trees.

There are over 200 weed and plant identification web sites that are listed by region on the World of Weeds web site at

Some of these web sites allow for quick searches by plant features, instead of looking by name or images alone.

Trees can be weeds, too, if they're not in the place you want them to be.

Best of luck in your wild tree identification quest.

Ray _________________________________________________ Talk about weeds: World of Weeds

To a newbie gardener, horsetail can certainly look like a small christmas tree.

Suzy, zone 5, Wisc.

How can you get away with calling yourself the Sedum Queen?

Would you know the difference between Hylotelephium and Sedum even if one bit you on the butt?

Your reply is Off Topic. Be nice and say so in the subject line. Lindakay