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Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????

Posted: Jun 20, 2012 10:35 am
by rufie98
Believe it or not, I WON this plant at a garden show a month ago. I forgot to ask the name of the plant. Now it bothers me that I do not know the variety. I have gone to two plant nurseries and they have only been mildly helpful, unfortunately. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????

Posted: Jun 20, 2012 11:33 pm
by Tigger
It's probably a chamaecyparis obtusa cultivar, but that's about as helpful as saying it's a hosta. There are many, many dwarf cultivars. Good luck.

David

Re: Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????

Posted: Jun 21, 2012 8:11 pm
by thy
Try to look up Thujopsis dolabrata or Thujopsis dolabrata Nana for the small one
It looks very much like the ones we call chicken leg tree

Re: Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????

Posted: Jun 21, 2012 9:09 pm
by rufie98
Thank you David and Pia. I will do my homework and see what I can come up with. I keep asking myself "why didn't I ask what the name of the plant was?" But I guess I was just so surprised to be given the plant, I just couldn't think straight!

Re: Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????

Posted: Jun 22, 2012 5:14 am
by Buckeye
It looks like it might be Microbiota decussata, also known as Russian Cypress.

Re: Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????

Posted: Jun 22, 2012 5:49 am
by viktoria
It does not look like Microbiota to me. Try googling for Thujopsis dolobrata, although that doesn't look right to me, either.

Viktoria

Re: Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????

Posted: Jun 22, 2012 3:42 pm
by Tigger
Could it be a dwarf cultivar of Lawson's cypress? I don't know how they ever keep these sorted out, when dwarf forms can look so unlike mature natural forms.

Re: Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????

Posted: Jun 28, 2012 3:37 pm
by rufie98
Well after doing more research (and your help), I think I have found the name of this evergreen - Siberian Carpet Cypress (microbiota decussata). Good guess Buckeye! Thank you all!