Chamaecyparis pisifera Filifera Group
Common name: Sawara Cypress
Family name: Cupressaceae
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Mature height and spread: 2-6m; 1-2m
Form: evergreen conifer, droopy mound
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: average, medium, well-drained soils; full sun to part shade
Leaf arrangement: branchlets thin, needle in opposite pairs, gray-green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): small and globose cone, black-brown when ripe
Suitable uses: rock gardens, foundation planting, specimen
Quick ID description: strong smell, small and globose
Photographs:
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/chpif.htm
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a187