false cypresses

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Trees of Reed: False Cypresses
... Trees of Reed: False Cypresses False Cypresses Genus: Chamaecyparis Family: Cupressaceae Common names for trees in this genus can be misleading. What' ... to the true cedars, which are in the Pine family (Pinaceae). These trees are called "false cypresses" because they are in the Cypress family (Cupressaceae) but not in the true cypress genus ...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Osborne Garden
... of 1996, the hollies were removed. They were replaced the following year with 32 Hinoki false cypresses (Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis'). Between 1999 and 2001, the azaleas were replaced with specimens of three ...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Custom-fitted Conifers—Trees for the Space-Conscious Gardener
... Gold' (Hinoki false cypress) False cypresses are evergreen conifers valued by gardeners for their hardiness, versatility, and dense sprays of scaly, featherlike leaves. In cultivation, the straight species Hinoki false cypress ( ... watered in times of drought but otherwise have little to do. As with other false cypresses, it does best in moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soils but can tolerate ...
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Hinoki or False Cypress
... , are very vulnerable to root rot. However, unlike most genera that like it dry, false-cypresses tend to drink a lot of water, especially when in an active growth phase. ... Veridis' which is technically incorrect): Boulevard cypress, blue moss cypress - grows more slowly than other false cypresses. Has a graceful, arching habit and soft, blue foliage. Chamaecyparis pisifera compacta 'white' - a ...
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Floridata: Chamaecyparis obtusa
... sizes and shapes, and this is one way to tell Hinoki false cypress from the otherwise similar Sawara false cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera) which has all of its adult leaves the ... and for bonsai subjects. The false cypresses (genus Chamaecyparis) include just eight species, mostly from cool, moist northern latitudes in eastern Asia and North America; the true cypresses (Cupressus) include about 20 ...
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Floridata: Chamaecyparis pisifera
... false cypresses) includes cultivars with hanging, ropelike branches, and leaves that are closely pressed to the twigs; these plants have a weird, stringy appearance. The Plumosa group (plume false cypresses) ... 5. Propagation: Start false cypresses from heeled cuttings in summer. Some of the cultivars are propagated by grafting onto seedling root stock. A trio of false cypresses of the Squarosa ...
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NARGS: Rock and Alpine Gardens
... . Especially appropriate for such use are selected varieties of dwarf conifers, among them arborvitaes, cedars, false cypresses, firs, hemlocks, junipers, pines, and spruces. Occasional individuals of other kinds of plants may be ...
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Cypress genus description
... , reddish-brown inner bark. Cypresses are attractive evergreen conifers that come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Their scale-like foliage resembles that of the false cedars (except that the smallest sprays of cypress tend to be rounded rather than flat), and the junipers (except that cypresses do not commonly have sharp ...
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Cedar
... are actually considered false-cypresses (why not false-cedars?) These distinctions, in the case of Cedrus, are mind-bogglingly important. The watering requirements for Cedrus are very different than those for false- cypress. And ...
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