Conifer Shrubs

Chamaecyparis obtusa cvs. (Hinoki Falso Cypress)  

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Pronunciation: kam-ee-SIPP-ur-iss ub-TOO-zuh
Family: Cupressaceae
Plant type: Conifer
Origin: Asia, Garden
Zone: 6
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Mature size 
  Height:  3 - 5 m
  Spread: 2-3 m
Habit: dense upright
Form:  pyramidal, narrowly
Texture:  medium
Exposure -  full sun
Preferred soil -  well drained
Landscape uses - accent plant, specimen plant, borders, rock garden
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Leaves 
Arrangement: imbricate 
Shape: Rhomboidal 
Size: 1mm scales
Margin: entire
Characteristics: lustrous, leathery, imbricate 
Colour: dark green to yellow depending on the cultivar
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Flowers 
Inflorescence type: Male cone
Colour: red, brown, orange
Size: 2x1mm
Time: summer
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Fruit type: female cone
Colour: brown
Time: September October
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Stem 
Description: moderately fissured, exfoliating
Colour:  red brown
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Propagation -  layering, seed
Comments -  beautiful accent plant, often used as a specimen in gardens
Pests - not deer resistant, does not like wet feet, prone to rot at the crown and in the roots
Microbiota decussata (Siberian Cypress) 
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Pronunciation: my-kro-by-OH-tuh de-KUSS-ah-tuh
Family: Cupressaceae
Plant type: spreading conifer
Origin: Europe
Zone: 2
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Mature size 
  Height: .4 - .7 m  
  Spread: 2 - 3 m
Habit: Horizontal
Form: Oval horizontal
Texture:  fine
Exposure -  full sun
Preferred soil -  well drained
Landscape uses - winter and fall interest, mass planting
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Leaves 
Arrangement: imbricate, sessile  
Shape: rhomboidal
Size: multiple 1mm scale like leaves covering the plant
Margin: entire
Characteristics: scale like, leathery glabrous, bronze fall colour, sheathing base 
Colour: green
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Flowers 
Inflorescence type: male cone 
Colour: green brown
Size:  .5 - 1 cm
Time: spring - summer
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Fruit type: cone, winged seed
Colour: yellow
Time: September, October
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Stem 
Description: scab like
Colour: red brown
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Propagation -  cuttings
Comments -  plant turns bronze/purpleish in the fall months leading into winter 
- typically grown for its hardiness, foliage, and ground cover like habit
Pests - pest resistant

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