Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Needled Evergreen Leaf Color: Blue Gray/Silver Green White Leaf Feel: Soft Leaf Value To Gardener: Showy Deciduous Leaf Fall Color: Brown/Copper Leaf Type: Needles Hairs Present: No Leaf Description: Soft, blue-green leaves with silvery under markings are awl-shaped and curving into a fine point but not prickly.Flowers: Flower Inflorescence: Insignificant Flower Description: No true flowers - the pollen bearing cones are small and often reddish, growing from the branch tips.Fruit: Fruit Description: No true fruit - female seed-bearing cones are green when immature turning to brown.
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More information on Chamaecyparis pisifera. VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for " Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Somewhat susceptible to bagworms, root rot, and juniper blight. Dense, columnar gymnosperm shrub to 10 to 20 feet tall.Gymnosperm with bluish, soft pliable, linear leaves.The beautiful blue-green needles contrast nicely with other mid- to dark-green-leaved plants and can be grown in containers when younger, used as a specimen or hedge, or planted along the back of a border. The peeling, reddish bark adds additional interest. Female cones are lacking in this juvenile cultivar. The soft, pliable, blue-green foliage is showy and holds its color well through winter. It is typically regarded as heat tolerant. The plant can be propagated by stem cuttings or division.
The canopy opens up and becomes leggy with age. It is slow growing and densely pyramidal in form, typically reaching 5 to 6 feet tall in 10 years and may mature at 12 feet tall, but can be pruned to maintain a particular size and form. This plant grows best in full sun to part shade with moist but well-drained, acidic loamy soil and protection from windy conditions. The species name pisifera is Latin and refers to the small, rounded cones born by this tree. The plant’s genus name comes from the Greek, meaning dwarf cypress. ‘Boulevard’ false cypress is a semi-dwarf, evergreen shrub cultivar belonging to the Cupressaceae (cypress) family. Phonetic Spelling kam-ay-SIP-a-ris pi-SIF-er-a Description
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