Thread-Leaf Sawara Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera' Cupressaceae

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Groundcover Collection, Mullestein Winter Garden

Source of plant

Plantasia, Klyn Nurseries, The Siebenthaler Company, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Snipes Farm & Nursery

Description

A small tree of broadly conical habit reaching 5m in height and width; occasionally more tree-like; branches nodding to outspread, branchlets thin, filamentous, pendulous, needles in opposing pairs, sharply acuminate, gray-green, white on the inside; rarely sets fruits.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

notable texture, winter interest, intermediate conifer