![]() ![]() Fertilize lightly with slow-release fertilizer made for woody plants. Select a dwarf cultivar and an appropriate-sized pot with drainage, filled with high-quality soil that’s mixed with organic matter. For hedges, cut back twice annually in early fall and late winter before new growth begins. All plants will appreciate it if you remove diseased or broken branches in midwinter. Chamaecyparis will not regenerate new growth from cuts on old wood, so pruning old wood results in bare patches. ![]() If you want to create a hedge or prune up as a standard, start pruning when young. Amend soil as needed with dressing of compost and organic amendments in fall. Look for a type made for woody plants rather than annuals. Fertilizing False Cypressįalse Cypress benefit from a slow-release fertilizer in early spring. A mulch is beneficial to retain moisture. ![]() Containers will need watering more often, perhaps daily in very hot or dry weather. ![]() You’ll want to water deeply once or twice per week during those first years. At planting, it is helpful to add moisture by digging a small moat circling the plant at the edge of its silhouette. Once the roots are established, after the first two growing seasons, some drought and heat can be tolerated. Watering False Cypressīest growth and flowering results from even watering. Create a hollow or moat around the dripline of the plant to retain water in the first seasons. Dig a space as deep as the root ball and twice as wide, allowing full space from neighbors and structures for the plant to reach its mature width. Hardiness is typically from USDA zones 4-8, depending on variety.įalse cypress will grow best in full sun, sited in moist yet well-drained soil with a pH of 6-7. The highly scented wood is prized in Japan for use in building temples. They are indispensable for adding colorful interest year-round, but especially in the winter landscape. So much so there are hundreds of cultivars available in nearly every shape and color, from under a foot high to 230 feet fall. lawsoniana was measured at 1755 years old in 1965. They are among the tallest and the longest-lived trees on the planet. lawsoniana) are highly valued ornamental plants. The name translates in Greek to “ground cypress. Genus name comes from Greek chamai meaning dwarf or to the ground and kyparissos meaning cypress tree.Chamaecyparis are a genus of evergreen conifers native to Japan and Taiwan and the Eastern and Western edges of the United States. Although the supply is limited, lumber from this tree is in great demand. Thick, silvery-brown to reddish-brown bark is furrowed and ridged. Oblong male cones are smaller, reddish-brown and oblong. Spherical female cones (1/4 to 3/8" diameter) are green maturing to brown. Tiny, scale-like, bright green to blue green leaves (to 1/16" long) with silver marks beneath are pressed against the branchlets. It sometimes grows in pure stands, but also is found growing with western red cedar, grand fir, western hemlock and Sikta spruce. This tree has a very small native range primarily being found on seaward slopes in a coastal belt along Pacific Coast mountain ranges from Coos Bay in southwestern Oregon to the Klamath River in northwestern California, with isolated additional populations in northern California near the Trinity Mountains and Mount Shasta. In its native habitat, it will grow over time to 110-175' (sometimes to 200' or more) tall and to 4-6' in diameter, but usually much shorter (to 40-60' tall) in cultivation. It is the tallest member of the cypress family. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, commonly known as Lawson's cypress or Port Orford cedar, is a tall, narrow-pyramidal, scaly-leaved, evergreen conifer with short spreading branches and flattened twigs. ![]()
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