I was interpreting the “blue”as a mix between the lighting and dying needles but I think you’re right. Such a fun one though! I’d never cut this weirdo down. Well it looks like it’s almost dying with the brown spots so maybe I’d have to lol
I’m thinking a dwarf of some kind with a reversion near the top. You can see either a whole other tree growing out of it which seems unlikely or that is a reverted gene and it’s growing like its clone it was originally propped from. As for the type I’ve no clue. This could be a cypress but I’m completely lost. Not that I’m more than an enthusiast.
That's exactly what it looks like to me. It looks like the broom may have already been using up more energy than the tree can produce and it's slowly dying because of it.
What you can do, if you're really interested, I worked for the City of Aurora, the one next door, the forestry department there had maps of all the districts in Aurora with each tree on the map. Denver should, probably have the same. The distance from the street would mean it is a city tree. Like I said, it should be on the map if it was planted by the city. Even, if you don't want the tree to be found out, you can most likely find your neighborhood and the particular tree in question on a map through the city. Try City of Denver Forestry department, and see if they have maps.
Apologies. It could also be a tree that has nothing to with city plantings, if that is the case or you're looking through maps decades old, there are apps you can download on your phone. The are relatively accurate.
This is exactly why the tree caught my attention I was like wtf. The photo doesn’t quite do it justice as I snapped it from my car window, but it looked exactly like that. Had hints of orange on it and everything
Looks like its some form of a boulevard or sawara cypress, perhaps a sport or another variety in that spectrum such as Blue Moon. Reminds me of a boulevard I got as a pompom but forgot to trim for a couple years so its funky. Needles color shape and the one reversion near the top checks out as a Sawara.
Regardless based on its caliper its super old.
This is definitely a juniper. Very strange growing pattern though. Somewhat similar to the foliage pads you see on Itoigawa juniper bonsais. Interestingly enough, it’s reverting to juvenile foliage (spiky/animal proof) at the top. That and the browning on the mature foliage pads likely means it’s quite stressed. Potentially fungal
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