Chirimen Hinoki Cypress Bonsai
The hinoki cypress chamaecyparis obtusa is a tall forest evergreen that grows in japan.
Chirimen hinoki cypress bonsai. After 10 years will be 1 5 high by 1 wide. Also known as habari chamaecyparis obtusa chirimen hinoki cypress. Hardy in the chicago area but requires moist perfectly drained soils. The leaves are edged and scale like blunt tipped obtuse green above and blue below with a white stomatal band at the base of each scale leaf.
Chirimen hinoki cypress the fascinating foliage of chamaecyparis obtusa chirimen displays multiple textures and colors. It is a conifer with flat deep green fan like foliage. That explains the name chirimen which is a dyed crepe fabric traditionally made from silk and used for making kimonos. Native to southern japan the elegant dwarf hinoki cypress or chamaecyparis obtuse grows into a distinctive handsome tree.
The hinoki cypress is a monoclinous plant which produces globular cones containing small winged seeds. Chirimen dwarf hinoki cypress 3 gallon pot a fascinating and truly unique dwarf hinoki cypress chirimen lends eye catching texture and form to the landscape composition with irregular twisted upright cat tail like branches clothed in whorled sprays of crinkled blue green leaves. Because it is not a true cypress tree it is also often called false cypress. The hinoki cypress evergreen is a species of cypress native to central japan but can now be found in north america since it was imported here.
Wild trees can be well over 100 feet tall and it is an important source of lumber in japan where the high quality wood is used for temples and palaces. Each narrow upright tree becomes a cluster of thick upright shoots that resemble bottle brushes with both juvenile and adult foliage in. Dark green color and a very open habit make this plant a distinctive conifer for the rock garden or grown in a container. Japanese form of cypress used for bonsai and urban landscapes.
Distinctly upright growth habit on this dwarf cultivar features both mature green needles and immature leaves blue needles along the main stems creating a bottle brush like appearance. Chirimen false hinoki cypress chamaecyparis obtusa chirimen.