Scientific name: Chamaecyparis obtusa

Common name: hinoki cypress

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 4

Mature height and spread: 2-3m tall, 1-1.5m wide

Form: round, dense

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: scale-like, opposite.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: cone; orange/brown. Spherical; chickpea shape (unqiue)

Limitations: doesn’t tolerate crowding. Dark in landscape.

Suitable uses: mass plantings. Small spaces. Good with compact soil and shade adapted

Quick ID: conifer. shrub. Evergreen. Scale-like leaves, look like a fan (unique). Fans overlap therefore dense texture. Red bark.

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