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Ornamental Plants plus Version 3.0 - 00000341
11/12/99

Chamaecyparis pisifera--Sawara Falsecypress


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.
'Baby Blue' - A dwarf form of 'Boulevard'.
'Boulevard' ('Cyano-viridis') - Soft, silver-blue foliage
on a full pyramidal habit.
'Compacta' - A slow growing, mound-shaped plant.
'Compacta Variegata' - A mounded plant with yellow
foliage variegation.
'Curly Tops' - A small plant with blue foliage and
twisted branches.
'Devon Cream' - White foliage during the growing season.
var. filifera - Long, thin, thread-like (Vis. 5) foliage
and an irregular, mounding habit(Vis. 4). Can become a
large tree with time.
var. filifera 'Aurea' - A slow growing cultivar with
yellow, thread-like foliage (Vis. 2) where exposed to
sunlight (Vis. 1).
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 'Gold Spangle' - Bright yellow foliage all
year.
var. filifera 'Mops' - A low, mounding plant with
yellow, thread-like foliage, height and spread of 3
feet.
var. filifera 'Nana' - A rounded, (Vis. 3) slow-growing
plant with thread-like foliage.
var. filifera 'Sungold' - Bright yellow new growth.
'Gold Dust' - Foliage with yellow variegations.
'Golden Pin Cushion' - A slow-growing, spreading,
plant with yellow foliage.
'Iceberg' - White new growth.
'Lemon Thread' - Somewhat thread-like, yellow foliage.
'Mini Variegated' - A rounded plant less than 3 feet
tall. The foliage has creamy white markings.
'Plumosa Aurea Nana' ('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 Cream Ball' - Whitish foliage.
'Plumosa Cristata' - Plants have persistent juvenile
foliage.
'Plumosa Flavescens' - A conical or rounded plant. The
foliage is at first yellow then changes to yellowish-
green.
'Plumosa Juniperoides' ('Plumosa Juniperoides Aurea') - A
compact shrub with pale yellow new growth
'Silver Lode' - Foliage with white variegations.
'Snow' ('Miko') - A small plant with bluish foliage
variegated with white.
'Squarrosa Intermedia' - Thin foliage along branches
provides an unusual appearance.
'Squarrosa Lutea' - Foliage is pale yellow, need
protection from bright light and wind.
'Squarrosa Minima' - A slow-growing, globe-shaped form.
'Sungold' - New growth is bright yellow.
'Tama Himiro' - A rounded dwarf with bluish-green young
foliage.
'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 1999, Monrovia
Nursery Company 1997, Weston Nurseries 1999, Lake County
Nursery 1999, Princeton Nurseries 1997, Spring Meadow
Nursery 1999, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999, Sheridan
Nurseries 1999, Studebaker Nurseries 1999, Bailey Nurseries
1999, Wayside Gardens 1999, Berryhill Nurseries 1999,
Scarff's Nursery 1999, Gee Farms 1999, Willoway Nurseries
1999.


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