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 CypressAn attractive, graceful, tall, narrow evergreen tree with soft foliage, performing best in full sun and well-drained, moist, acid soils.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Yvonne' // Yvonne Port Orford-cedar, Lawson Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Hinoki Falsecypress- 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
FalsecypressA tall, narrow evergreen tree with sprays of soft, flattened foliage, and resistant to poor soils, high pH, compaction, heat and drought.
- 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-cedarA disease-resistant, swamp-loving, narrow and columnar evergreen tree with attractive bark.
- Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star' // Red Star White-cedar