Dwarf Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis Obtusa ‘Nana Gracilis’) – 3 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-8b  Find Your Zone

Shrub Type:  Coniferous Evergreen Shrub or Small Tree

Flower Color:  None

Flower Size:  NA

Flowering Period:  NA

Flower Type:  NA

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  NA

Attracts:  Visual Attention

Resistances:  Cold (-30F), Deer, Disease, Drought (when established), Heat, Insect, Mildew

A slow growing but striking specimen in small garden spaces, Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Gracilis’, commonly known as the Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress, adds about 3 to 4 inches in height per year reaching maybe 6 feet when all grown up. Its slow growth rate and smaller stature make it a fine choice for the smallest of gardens. Its unique texture and rich, delicate, curvy fans of dark green foliage accentuates plants with lighter colored foliage and is especially nice near Japanese maple trees and in Asian and rock gardens. We have found that it will appreciate some filtered sun or shade during the hot midafternoon hours in USDA Zones 7 and 8 but takes the full all day sun further north to Zone 4. We suggest at least 5 hours or more of direct sunlight per day for best fullness and overall performance.

The Dwarf  Hinoki Cypress is easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade. In hot-summer climates of Zones 7 and 8 we suggest some filtered sun or shade during the hottest afternoon hours. At least 5 hours or more of direct sunlight per day or all-day very lightly filtered sun is suggested. Constantly soggy soil or standing water is problematic. Avoid overwatering. Provide only enough water to keep the soil damp to moist. Established plants growing in the ground are quite drought tolerant and will only require an occasional watering during prolonged periods of drought. Very low maintenance, no pruning is required except to remove a stray branch that is spoiling the shape of the plant or to remove a damaged plant part.

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