White Pygmy Sawara Cypress is a slow-growing diminutive evergreen conifer shrub with a mounding habit. It’s feathery scale-like foliage emerges flushed white and turns deep green starting from the center. Prefers full sun and moist well-drained soil.
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1’ - 2’ |
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Spread: |
2’ - 3' |
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Spacing: |
2’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 8 |
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N/A |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Water regularly but needs well-drained soil. Juniper blight, root rot, and certain insect pests can be issues if soil to wet. Shelter from hard winds.
LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or Groups plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Rock Garden, Foundation Planting, Hedges, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Boxwood, Weigela, Coneflower
IMAGES: Photos by F. D. Richards, (1) Chamaecyparis pisifera 'White Pygmy', 2016 (1)+(2), (2) Stanley & Sons, 2016
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
