Chamaecyparis obtusa “Contorta”

Cypress - Hinoki/False “Contorta”

                                          ID#109

 
 

Additional Information: Purchased at www.forrestfarm.com

A great Nursery located in Williams, OR with a very large variety of plants, most of them sold in small containers.

This dwarf conifer came as a tiny twig barely 4 inches tall. Six years later is about 1 1/2 ft. tall and wide.


I have acquire 5 different cultivars of this tree. This is one of the first two I planted. If you are willing to put your reward on hold for few years, for me it has paid off. The plant has tolerated hot summer with full afternoon sun and several floods of brackish water.

The look of it is the same all year around.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 3-4 ft. x 2-3 ft. in 10 yrs. PLANT TYPE: Evergreen, conifer GROWTH RATE: slow TEXTURE: fine, twisted LIGHT: full sun - part shade WATER: medium SOIL: high Organic
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: Insignificant, tiny and brown on tip of branches. FRUIT AND SEED: I have yet to see seed cones in this plant. KEY FEATURES: A dwarf, conical form with twisted foliage. Dark green foliage that look about the same all year around. White lines coloration on underside of branches.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch Six years after we built the lower deck, the area around it looks like still needs some design changes but this plant has done well. Other than weeding around it and once per season fertilizer, nothing else but patience is require. It has grown as slowly as promised. Emerging time, Fertilization, Pruning, Thinning, Seed Collecting, Cutting, Roots, Division,.......
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June 2009

02/2010

Flowers: Brown tips of branches.

Feb. 2010

July 2005

February 2010