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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 6 to 10 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 10 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Needled
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Japanese False Cypress
  • Threadleaf False Cypress
  • Sawara Cypress
  • Sawara
  • Japanese Falsecypress
  • Sawara False Cypress

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Location: Garden in Trail, B.C.
Date: 2007-08-08
 8:52 am. A wonderfully shaped and layered tree.
Location: z5 MA, my garden
Date: 2011-10-13
14'+ Wide. 30+ yrs. old.
Location: Middle TN
Date: April 20, 2018

photo credit: AfroBrazilian

photo credit: Lazaregagnidze

Date: 2013-04-13

Date: 2013-04-13

Date: 2013-04-13
Location: z5 MA, my garden
Date: 2011-10-13
12'+ tall @ 30+ yrs. Planted too close to sidewalk.
Location: z5 MA
Date: 2011-10-13
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