Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 6 – 10

Height: 60 – 70 with a maximum of 100’

Spread: 1/8 – 1/5

Habit: Noble, evergreen forming a columnar to pyramidal outline; branchlets are planar in arrangement

Light: Full sun

Soil: Adequate drainage required; adaptable to extremes of soil; Cones: male cones inconspicuous

Flowers: Cones: male cones inconspicuous

Fruit: 1/2 – 3/4” diameter cone

Landscape use: Great for quick screens, groupings, hedges; has been used as a Christmas tree

History: Introduced by A. Vegeer, Boskoop; hybrid between Cupressus macrocarpa and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

Pests\Problems: bagworm; Problems: canker, fungi, root rot

Significant Features: Withstands salt spray; thins out in shady environments; branchlets are yellow with green tips in winter, changing to deeper yellow with dark yellow margins in summer