Microbiota decussata (Siberian Cypress)
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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