Boulevard Cypress 2 Gal

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'

Height: 15 feet

Spread: 10 feet

Sunlight: full sun partial shade

Hardiness Zone: 4a

Other Names: Japanese Falsecypress, Sawara Falsecypress

Description:

A choice specimen or articulation plant for smaller home landscapes, features very soft silver-blue foliage, a medium-sized variety with a pyramidal shape

Ornamental Features

Boulevard Falsecypress is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. It has attractive steel blue foliage with silver stripes. The scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and remain steel blue throughout the winter. The shaggy antique red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Boulevard Falsecypress is a dense 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.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub. When pruning is necessary, it is recommended to only trim back the new growth of the current season, other than to remove any dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Boulevard Falsecypress is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Accent
Vertical Accent
Mass Planting
Hedges/Screening
General Garden Use