Dwarf Hinoki Cypress Tree (Standard)
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Gracilis’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-8b (9 in cool-summer climates) Find Your Zone
Shrub Type: Coniferous Evergreen Shrub or Small Tree
Height at Maturity: 4-6′
Width at Maturity: 3-4′
Spacing: Use as a specimen or on both sides to entryways
Growth Habit / Form: Upright
Growth Rate: Slow
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
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Light Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs: Low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Silt, Sand (amended)
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained, Moist
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5 (Acid to Neutral)
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect, Mildew
Description
This is the single-trunk topiary version of the Dwarf Hinoki Cypress that wows with delicate, curvy fans of deep green, evergreen foliage atop a straight single stem. Whether in containers or in the ground, its smaller size makes it a perfect choice as a focal point specimen or to accentuate entryways in landscape beds or containers. Rarely if ever needs trimming.
Landscape & Garden Uses
The Dwarf Hinoki Cypress Tree is ideal for use in pots or planted in the ground as an eye-catching focal point specimen in small garden spaces and home foundation plantings. Good drainage is essential in pots. A fine addition to Asian themed gardens, topiary gardens, conifer gardens, and Xeriscape gardens (low water needs).
Growing Preferences
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. 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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