light pink rose on stem with green leaves

Hinoki False Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa

Cupressaceae

Growth Habit

Tree

Description

Broadly conical, to 5 m high or more, branches and twigs outspread-nodding, branchlets fan-shaped, golden yellow; needles partly golden yellow, yellow-green inside the plant and on the leaf undersides; developed before 1901 [DS 8].

Source of plant

Plantasia, Princeton Nurseries

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

winter interest, leaf color