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    |Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aureovariegata'

Variegated Threadleaf False Cypress

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Item #: 492

Zones: 4a to 8b

Dormancy: Evergreen

Height: 72" tall

Culture: Sun

Origin: Japan

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


I hunted for years for this plant and finally found a single specimen growing in a yard in Baltimore. With the same form as the gold-thread cypress, this conifer has variegations of cream and green in the thread-like branches. To me, it resembles a yellow and green, worn-out mop stuck in the ground...an important landscape feature here in the South. It is slow-growing compared to the golden forms...our 10-year-old plant is only 72" tall...rare in commercial trade.