General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 5 to 15 feet
Plant Spread: 5 to 8 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Needled
Other: Silvery blue-gray
Uses: Provides winter interest
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Other: Grafting
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Sawara Cypress
  • Boulevard Cypress
  • Japanese Falsecypress
  • Blue Moss Cypress
  • Sawara False Cypress
  • Sawara

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Location: North Central TX Zone 8a
Date: 2017-12-30
Picture taken at Nicholson Hardie Garden Center
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-03-29
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-06-15
purchase as a pom-pom topiary, now growing out to natural form (5
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-11-26
Location: Red Butte Garden, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-05-13
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-03-07
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2014-07-06
Bonsai--started 1962, trained since 1970, donated by Dr. M.H. See
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06

photo credit: Lazaregagnidze

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-03-07
young tree
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2014-07-06
Bonsai--started 1962, trained since 1970, donated by Dr. M.H. See
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06
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