General Description

This small tree has dense foliage with a conical shape. Branches spread out and become less dense at full maturity.

Landscape

A specimen tree for its foliage and as a hedge.

Cultivation

It grows well in moist, well-drained soils with full sun to partial shade. Must be protected from strong winds.

Shape

It is broadly conical to slightly pyramidal with dense slightly ascending branches.

Growth

Medium

ID Characteristic

The foliage is a bright yellow-lime green colour. The plant has a thick, conical shape and awl-like leaves; the leaves are an irritant to the skin.

Pests

Aphids, honey fungus, and Phytophthora root diseases.

Habitat

Horticultural origin.

Bark/Stem Description

The bark is smooth with a light brown colour changing to a darker brown in winter. New growth’s branch colour is lime green changing to light brown as it matures.

Flower/Leaf Bud Description

The acuminate buds are small, light brown and 1-2 mm in length.

Leaf Description

Dense, awl-like foliage with a yellow-lime green colour turning to grey-green in winter, leaves are 2-3 cm long.

Flower Description

The flowers are small conical, and 2-4 mm in length, a reddish-purple colour.

Fruit Description

The female cones are small, light brown, and globose; about 3-5 cm in length, male cones are reddish-brown.

Colour Description

The foliage is lime green with a mix of yellow. In winter the bark turns a darker brown and the leaves turn a light grey-green.

Texture Description

It has very soft foliage along with smooth bark.

Propagation

Grafted using Chameacyparis pisifera as a rootstock. Semi-hardwood cuttings from late summer are used with a rooting hormone.

Poor, Janet Meakin. "Plants That Merit Attention: Volume 1, Trees". Beaverton, Or.: Timber, 1984. Print. Brickell, Christopher, and Judith D. Zuk. "The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants". New York, NY: DK Pub., 1997. Print.