#848 Chamaecyparis pisifera Common Names: Sawara false cypress, Sawara cypress, retinispora Family: Cupressaceae (cypress Family) Get link to this Profile or click for data record #848

This is the cultivar 'Boulevard'.

'Sungold' is a Sawara false cypress cultivar in the Filifera group and is a perfect pick for year around color.

Location
Sawara false cypress is native to southern Japan.

Culture
Light: Full sun.
Moisture: Sawara false cypress likes a humid environment and a relatively moist soil. It is well suited to gardens in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 4 - 8. Protect from drying winter winds in zones 4 and 5.
Propagation: Start false cypresses from heeled cuttings in summer. Some of the cultivars are propagated by grafting onto seedling root stock.

A trio of false cypresses of the Squarosa group braves a cold Ohio winter - this is the cultivar 'Cyano-viridis'

Features
There are eight species of false cypresses (genus Chamaecyparis), mostly from cool, moist northern latitudes in eastern Asia and North America; the true cypresses (Cupressus) include about 20 species, mostly from warmer regions in western China, western North and Central America, and the Mediterranean region. The baldcypresses (Taxodium) include just two or three species native to the southeastern U.S. and Mexico.

Juvenile forms (with needlelike leaves) of some of the false cypress species were once thought to be different species altogether and were placed in a genus of their own, Retinispora. To this day some gardeners refer to those plants with juvenile foliage as "retinisporas."

Steve Christman11/8/00; updated 1/03/01, 8/25/03, 8/30/04

Copyright 1996 - 2009 Floridata.com LC Tallahassee, Florida USA