Scientific Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'
Common Name: Boulevard false cypress
Family Name: Cupressaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Conifer
Mature Size: 3 - 5m x 2 - 3m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Upright
Form: Pyramidal - widely
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Group or mass planting, Rock garden, Screening, Specimen plant, Winter interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Needle-like, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Glaucous, Acicular, Entire
Flowers: n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, Mar-Apr
Fruit: Cone (winged seeds), Green, Brown, Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves needle-like, awls 3-9mm long, curved, silvery blue-green in summer and grayish-blue in winter (as plant ages, interior dead brown needles often visible).