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Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides', 2019 photo

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides', 2019 photo, Common Name: Fernspray Cypress or Hinoki Cypress, Size: 10x4ft., Small, 8-scaled, greenish -brown (female) to orange brown (male) cones., USDA Hardiness Zone 4, In Garden Bed HR-H for 38.2 YEARS (HLG). Planted in 1981.

 

American Conifer Society: (Jacobson) FERNSPRAY HINOKI CYPRESS. Originated in Japan. Uncommon in North America. The name ‘filicoides’ means fernlike; from Latin ‘filix’, fern, and Greek – ‘oides’, remsemblance. Varies from a broad bush to a narrow tree. Always slow growing, and usually gaunt and freakish in either case. Extenuated branches with densely congested short side sprays. Individual twigs fernlike.

 

Location: Michigan State University, Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, MI. Harper Collection of Rare & Dwarf Conifers

 

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Uploaded on April 4, 2019
Taken on April 4, 2019