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Chamaecyparis obtusa 'John Verkade'
Common name:
John Verkade hinoki false cypress
Family:
Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Distribution:
Species native to Japan and Taiwan
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Evergreen tree
Comments:
One of several selections introduced by the late John Verkade of Verkade's Nursery in New Jersey. This evergreen conifer shrub originated as a seedling mutant. Growth rate is extremely slow, 1-3" per year, eventually to 2' over a ten year span. Form is broadly conical for this tight, small evergreen. Needles are soft and adult-like, medium dark green in summer becoming somewhat lighter in winter. Useful as a specimen in a rock garden.
Locations
1:
ADG: AT13
(AT13)
• Accession: D2017-0014.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
ADG: AT13
(AT13)
• Accession: D2017-0014.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
3:
ADG: AT13
(AT13)
• Accession: D2017-0014.005 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
4:
CON: CO13
(CO13)
• Accession: D2000-0366.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
5:
DWD: AB03
(AB03)
• Accession: D2000-0366.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
6:
VCA: AU13
(AU13)
• Accession: D2017-0014.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
7:
VCA: AU13
(AU13)
• Accession: D2017-0014.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual