Plant: Golden Charm - Chamaecyparis
Chamaecyparis · Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Golden Charm'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
Golden Charm is a cultivar of Chamaecyparis, a scale and needle leaved evergreen conifer in the cypress family. Sawara false cypress, the species this cultivar is generally assigned to, carries small leaves held in horizontal planes, bright green with a silvery line underneath, with reddish brown bark that peels off in thin strips and small green cones that ripen brown. It is low maintenance and grows in full sun to partial shade in soil that is moist but well drained, tolerating acid through alkaline conditions, and is hardy from zone 4 through zone 8. False cypress is used for borders, foundation plantings, screening and specimen planting, tolerates drought once established, and can be troubled by bagworms, root rot and juniper blight.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 20 ft tall and 12 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-8
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Golden Charm is a cultivar of Chamaecyparis, a scale and needle leaved evergreen conifer in the cypress family. Sawara false cypress, the species this cultivar is generally assigned to, carries small leaves held in horizontal planes, bright green with a silvery line underneath, with reddish brown bark that peels off in thin strips and small green cones that ripen brown. It is low maintenance and grows in full sun to partial shade in soil that is moist but well drained, tolerating acid through alkaline conditions, and is hardy from zone 4 through zone 8. False cypress is used for borders, foundation plantings, screening and specimen planting, tolerates drought once established, and can be troubled by bagworms, root rot and juniper blight.
- Foliage
- Small leaves held in horizontal planes, bright green with a silvery line underneath.
- Bark & stems
- Reddish brown bark that peels off in thin strips.
- Native range
- Japan
