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Blue Moon Sawara Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Blue Moon'
Height: 4 feet
Spread: 4 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 4
Other Names: Japanese Falsecypress
Brand: Iseli
Description:
A globular garden evergreen with very fine, steel-blue foliage; a great choice for adding texture and color to a garden; minimal pruning to maintain shape; prefers humid environments
Ornamental Features
Blue Moon Sawara Falsecypress is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It has attractive steel blue evergreen foliage. The scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and remain steel blue throughout the winter.
Landscape Attributes
Blue Moon Sawara 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. When pruning is necessary, it is recommended to only trim back the new growth of the current season, other than to remove any dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Blue Moon Sawara Falsecypress is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Vertical Accent
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Blue Moon Sawara Falsecypress will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.
This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for acidic soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
