Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Lemon Twist' Cupressaceae

Growth habit

Dwarf Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Mullestein Winter Garden

Source of plant

Buchholz & Buchholz Nursery, Klehm's Song Sparrow Perennial Farm

Description

A plant with twisting golden yellow foliage often fasciated at the tips. In ten years 1.2 × 1.2m. Found in 1996 as a mutation on 'Tsatsumi' by Buchholz & Buchholz nursery.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

dwarf conifer, winter interest, foliage characteristics