Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea', 2019 photo
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea', 2019 photo, Common Name: Dwarf Japanese Hinoki Cypress, Size: #Conifer, golden yellow leaves, mixed with creamy yellow and some green, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Month x, In Garden Bed HR-A for 38.1 YEARS (HLG). Planted in 1981.
American Conifer Society: Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Aurea’ is a dwarf, loose, pyramidal, very slow growing selection of Hinoki cypress with dense, irregular, compact, golden yellow leaves, mixed with creamy yellow and some green. After 10 years of growth, a specimen will be considered mature at 3 to 4 feet (1 – 1.3 m) tall and 2/3 as wide, a growth rate of 3 to 4 inches (7.5 – 10 cm) per year.
This is a very old cultivar that originated in Japan long ago. French botanist, Élie-Abel Carrière, Paris, first described it in botanical literature in the mid-1860s. In the Latin language, “nana aurea” translates into “dwarf gold.”
MSU Hidden Lake Gardens, Harper Collection of Rare & Dwarf Conifers. Planted in 1981.
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea', 2019 photo
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea', 2019 photo, Common Name: Dwarf Japanese Hinoki Cypress, Size: #Conifer, golden yellow leaves, mixed with creamy yellow and some green, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Month x, In Garden Bed HR-A for 38.1 YEARS (HLG). Planted in 1981.
American Conifer Society: Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Aurea’ is a dwarf, loose, pyramidal, very slow growing selection of Hinoki cypress with dense, irregular, compact, golden yellow leaves, mixed with creamy yellow and some green. After 10 years of growth, a specimen will be considered mature at 3 to 4 feet (1 – 1.3 m) tall and 2/3 as wide, a growth rate of 3 to 4 inches (7.5 – 10 cm) per year.
This is a very old cultivar that originated in Japan long ago. French botanist, Élie-Abel Carrière, Paris, first described it in botanical literature in the mid-1860s. In the Latin language, “nana aurea” translates into “dwarf gold.”
MSU Hidden Lake Gardens, Harper Collection of Rare & Dwarf Conifers. Planted in 1981.