The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Aurora hinoki false cypress

Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family)

Distribution: Species native to Japan and Taiwan

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Evergreen tree

Comments: A slow-growing, dwarf, evergreen selection that forms an irregularly spherical plant growing 3' tall and wide in 10 years. After many years it can reach 6'. Foliage consists of flattened needles which are soft to the touch; light greenish yellow in summer changing to bronze in winter. A great, slow-growing conifer for the rock garden, accent or for textural contrasts with other conifers.