Blue Feathers Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Blue Feathers'
$44.00
A truly graceful garden evergreen that retains its soft juvenile foliage into maturity in an upward, twisting growth habit; a special shrub for both color and texture in the garden; best used as an accent; prefers humid conditions
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Blue Feathers Hinoki cypress is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.
Ornamental Qualities
Blue Feathers Hinoki cypress is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. It has attractive bluish-green foliage with powder blue undersides. The scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and remain bluish-green throughout the winter.
Planting and Growing
Blue Feathers Hinoki cypress will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 4 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground | and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 70 years or more.
This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments | and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun to partial shade
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 12'Hx4'W
Zone 4b
Likes average to moist soil