Michigan State University Extension
Ornamental Plants plus Version 2.0 - 00000341
01/01/98
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8 Height: 60 ft Spread: 15 ft Form: pyramidal Type: narrow-leaved evergreen tree Annual Growth Rate: 12 to 18 inches
Comments: Grow Falsecypress cultivars in a sunny location in moist, well-drained loam. Some of the cultivars listed grow too large for use in foundation planting. There may be problems with sun scorch on some cultivars.
Cultivars:
'Aurea Compacta' - Soft green foliage with golden tips.
A low growing, mound-shaped plant.
'Boulevard' - Soft, silver-blue foliage on a full
pyramidal habit.
'Compacta' - A slow growing, mound-shaped plant.
'Cyanoviridis' - A dense habit and outstanding blue
foliage.
var. filifera - Long, thin, thread-like foliage and an
irregular, mounding habit. Can become a large tree
with time.
var. filifera 'Aurea' - A slow growing cultivar with
yellow, thread-like foliage where exposed to
sunlight.
var. filifera 'Aurea Nana' - The foliage is yellow on
the tips. The plant becomes an irregular mound.
var. filifera 'Aureovariegata' - A mounded form with
green and golden yellow foliage.
var. filifera 'Mops' - A low, mounding plant with
yellow, thread-like foliage.
var. filifera 'Nana' - A rounded, slow-growing
plant with thread-like foliage.
var. filifera 'Sungold' - Bright yellow new growth.
'Golden Pin Cusion' - A slow-growing, spreading,
plant with yellow foliage.
'Gold Spangle' - Bright yellow foliage all year.
'Plumosa Aurea Compacta' - A dwarf with yellow foliage
at the tips of the branches.
'Plumosa Compressa Aurea' - A dwarf with tiny, gold-
tipped foliage.
'Plumosa Juniperoidies' - A compact shrub with pale
yellow new growth
'Squarrosa Intermedia' - Thin foliage along branches
provides an unusual appearance.
'Squarrosa Minima' - A slow-growing, globe-shaped form.
'Tsukumo' - An irregular plant with fine-textured
foliage.
'Weston Selection' - A dense pyramidal plant with
darker foliage than the species.
'White Pygmy' - A small plant with white-tipped
foliage.
References for Cultivars: Iseli Nursery 1992, 1997, Monrovia Nursery Company 1997, Weston Nurseries 1997, Lake County Nursery 1997, Princeton Nurseries 1997, Spring Meadow Nursery 1997, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1997, Sheridan Nurseries 1997, Studebaker Nurseries 1998.