Plants of the Chamaecyparis Genus at BCA

The following species and varieties are currently (or recently were) in the collections at Boone County Arboretum. This list is certainly not exhaustive -- additional taxa may be available in the trade, or may have been removed from our collection and thus removed from this list. To include taxa that are no longer present, go to this other list.

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Port Orford-cedar, Lawson Cypress

An attractive, graceful, tall, narrow evergreen tree with soft foliage, performing best in full sun and well-drained, moist, acid soils.

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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Yvonne' // Yvonne Port Orford-cedar, Lawson Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa

Hinoki Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Aurea' // Golden Hinoki Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Confucius' // Confucius (Yellow) Hinoki Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspray Gold' // Fernspray Gold Hinoki Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides' // Fernspray Hinoki Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis' // Nana Gracilis Hinoki Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Torulosa' // Torulosa Hinoki Falsecypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera

Falsecypress

A tall, narrow evergreen tree with sprays of soft, flattened foliage, and resistant to poor soils, high pH, compaction, heat and drought.

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Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Dow Whiting' // Soft Serve™ Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea Nana' // Aurea Nana Threadleaf Japanese (Sawara) Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Sungold' // Dwarf Golden Threadleaf Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Gold Mop' // Gold Mop Falsecypress

Chamaecyparis thyoides

White-cedar

A disease-resistant, swamp-loving, narrow and columnar evergreen tree with attractive bark.

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Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star' // Red Star White-cedar