Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Snowkist'
Object Details
- Description
- This false hinoki cypress needs just the right balance of light to display its interesting, white-tipped foliage. If the plant gets too little sun, the white will not develop well. If it gets too much sun, the tips of the branches could get burned, and the white foliage tips will not be visible.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 20 F
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- cultivated
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Freer Gallery
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2021-0786A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- False hinoki cypress cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Pinidae
- Order
- Cupressales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecyparis
- Species
- obtusa
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Foliage Characteristics
- Foliage is dark green, tipped in white.
- Plant Size
- Up to 3' by 3' (.92 x .92 meters)
- Structure
- Upright
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0786A
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