Chamaecyparis obtusa

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Scientific Names

Read about Chamaecyparis obtusa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Chamaecyparis obtusa, Sieb. & Zucc. (Cupressus obtusa, Koch. Retinospora obtusa, Sieb. & Zucc.). Hinoki Cypress. Tree, to 120 ft., with horizontal branches: branchlets frond-like arranged, flattened, pendulous: lvs. bright green and shining above, with whitish lines beneath, thickish, obtuse, and very closely appressed, with a gland on the back: cones globose, nearly ½in. diam., brown. Japan. S.Z. 121. G.C. II. 5:236. R.H. 1869, p. 97. Gn. W. 20, suppl. April 25. Var. albo-spicata, Beissn. Tips of branchlets whitish. Var. aurea, Beissn. (Retinospora obtusa aurea, Gord.) Golden yellow. Gt. 25:19. Var. breviramea, Beissn. (C. breviramea, Maxim. Thuja obtusa var. breviramea, Mast.). Tree, of narrow pyramidal habit, with short branches: branch-lets crowded, glossy green on both sides. Var. compacta, Beissn. Of dwarf and dense subglobose habit. Gn. M. 7:76. Var. ericoides, Boehmer (Retinospora Sanderi, Sander. Juniperus Sanderi, Hort.). Of low subglobose habit with bluish gray linear spreading blunt lvs., marked with a green line above. G.C. III. 33:266; 36, suppl. April 25. M.D.G. 1900:589; 1903:291, R.H. 1903, p. 393. Beissner, 556. Var. filicoides. Beissn. Of slow growth with short and densely frond-like arranged branchlets. G.C. II. 5:235. Var. filiformis, Beissn. (C. pendula, Maxim. Thuja obtusa pendula, Mast., not C. obtusa pendula, Beissn.). Branches elongated, thick and thread-like, pendulous, with few distant branchlets. Var. gracilis aurea, Beissn. Graceful form, foliage bright yellow when young, changing later to greenish yellow. Var. lycopodioides, Carr. Low form, of somewhat irregular habit, with spreading, rigid branches and thick, nearly quadrangular, dark green branchlets. Var. nana, Carr. Low form, of slow growth, with short, deep green branchlets. R.H. 1882:102. Var. pygmaea, Carr. (C. obtusa breviramea, Hort., not Beissn.). Very dwarf form, with horizontal, almost creeping branches, densely frond- like branched. Exceedingly interesting form for rockeries. R.H. 1889, p. 376. Var. formosana, Hayata. Differs in its smaller and finer foliage, and much smaller cones. Formosa. J.C.T. 25, 19, p. 209. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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