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Chamaecyparis Blue Feathers (False Cypress)

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Blue Feathers'

Also known as Blue Feathers Hinoki Cypress

$21.95

Size

☀SunFull sun to part shade
💧WaterModerate
🌡Zones4-8
🦌DeerResistant
🌊CoastalSuitable

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About This Plant

Chamaecyparis Blue Feathers (False Cypress) is a False Cypress / Hinoki Cypress cultivar, 'False Cypress', valued for its sculptural form and refined evergreen texture in the landscape.

Hinoki and Sawara false cypresses are slow-growing Japanese conifers prized for refined texture, lacy sprays of scale-like foliage, and unmatched cultivar diversity in dwarf and weeping forms. Soft scale-like foliage in flattened sprays; many cultivars in green, gold, or thread-leaf forms.

Full sun to part shade suits this species best. Plant in moist, well-drained, acidic soil. Hardy USDA Zone 5 to 7. Generally trouble-free; watch for root rot in heavy or saturated soils, and bagworm in some regions. Site out of hot afternoon sun in summer-dry climates.

For a Pacific Northwest native conifer of similar character, consider Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir), the iconic PNW timber tree, or Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock) for shaded sites. For coastal exposure, Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce) thrives where salt wind defeats most evergreens.

Plant Details

Botanical
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Blue Feathers'
Common name
Blue Feathers Hinoki Cypress
Lifecycle
Perennial
Foliage type
Evergreen
Mature size
3-4 ft tall × 3-4 ft wide
Growth rate
Slow
Bloom time
Early spring
Bloom color
Yellow, Brown

Care Notes

Plant in moist, well-drained, acidic, humus-rich soil. Site away from hot afternoon sun, which can scorch foliage and stress roots in dry summers. Watch for root rot on heavy clay soils; amend with grit or raised beds if drainage is poor. No routine pruning needed.

Garden Attributes

  • Pacific NW native
  • Deer resistant
  • Coastal suitable
  • Grown organically
  • Pollinator value: None documented
  • Wildlife: Bird forage, Bird habitat
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