Marie’s Dwarf Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Mariesii’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-8b Find Your Zone

Shrub Type: Coniferous Evergreen Shrub or Small Tree

Height at Maturity: 3-6′

Width at Maturity: 4-5′

Spacing: Use as a specimen or to frame entryways

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Round when young, Pyramidal with age

Growth Rate: Slow

Flower Color: None

Flower Size: NA

Flowering Period: NA

Flower Type: NA

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Blue-Green and White to Soft Yellow

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Partial Shade

Water Needs: Low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Silt, Sand (amended)

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained, Moist

Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5 (Acid to Neutral)

Maintenance / Care: Very Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect, Mildew

Description

The Marie’s Dwarf Hinoki Cypress wows with its delicate blue-green and white variegated super-fine, lacy foliage. When young, the plant has more of a globose shape but over time takes on a pyramidal form to 6 feet or so in height and 4 feet or so wide at the base, which makes it a perfect specimen for small spaces and containers. That said, plants can be clipped to maintain the globose form and to control height. A fine addition to conifer gardens!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing slowly in a narrow pyramidal form to 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide at the base, Marie’s Dwarf Hinoki Cypress is ideal for use as an accent or focal point specimen in small garden spaces and pots, planters and other containers. Does very well in containers provided there is good drainage. A fine addition to Asian themed gardens, conifer gardens, white theme garden, and Xeriscape gardens (low water needs).

Growing Preferences

Marie’s Dwarf Hinoki Cypress is easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to mostly shade. Constantly soggy soil or standing water is problematic. Avoid overwatering. Provide only enough water to keep the soil damp to moist. Established plants are quite drought tolerant and will only require an occasional drink during prolonged periods of drought. Maintenance is minimal. No pruning required except to remove a stray branch that is spoiling the shape of the plant or for shaping or to control size.

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What a happy online discovery! Wilson Bros Gardens has delivered to me a healthy, new and intriguing Hanoki Cypress. Can’t wait to find just the right pot in which to plant this dwarf variety and then it can take its rightful place somewhere in my garden. It arrived well packaged and very healthy and I intend to keep it that way. Thanks! And, I will look around for more new and intriguing specimens.—————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Great plant, very healthy and doing well, interesting coloring and texture, shipped well packaged.———————————-We are so happy you are pleased with your purchase! Beth | WBG

As always, this shrub arrived quickly. We love the shape and look of this shrub. It’s always exciting when you plant a new shrub/plant and wait for it to grow. That is where we are now. But, what a good-looking shrub, at any size. Very happy we have found Wilson Bros. online. —————————— WBG Reply: Hi Ms. McGrath – Thanks so much for your review of the Snow White Dwarf Lawson’s Cypress and we hope you enjoy it for years to come. As the plant addicts we are we can definitely identify with find new plants to grow in our gardens and watching them grow. A garden is never done:-) Don’t hesitate to let us know whenever we can help you with anything else. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens