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