Chamaecyparis obtusa cvs. (Hinoki False Cypress)

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

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