Dwarf Moss False Cypress 7/10

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa Minima'

Height: 4 feet

Spread: 4 feet

Sunlight: full sun partial shade

Hardiness Zone: 4a

Other Names: Japanese Falsecypress, Sawara Falsecypress

Description:

One of the smallest varieties of this popular species, featuring bluish softly-textured mossy foliage; forms a fine, dense mound, ideal as an accent in a rock garden or in bonsai

Ornamental Features

Dwarf Moss Falsecypress is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It has attractive silvery blue evergreen foliage. The tiny scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and remain silvery blue throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Dwarf Moss Falsecypress is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a more or less rounded 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, and should not require much pruning, except when necessary, such as to remove dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Dwarf Moss Falsecypress is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Mass Planting
Rock/Alpine Gardens
General Garden Use
Container Planting