The Dawes Arboretum
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Chamaecyparis
obtusa
'Melody'
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Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
Melody hinoki false cypress
Family:
Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Distribution:
Species native to Japan and Taiwan
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Evergreen tree
Comments:
A wonderful dwarf, narrow, upright conifer with lemon-yellow foliage. A 10-year-old specimen dwarf evergreen with a conical habit, 5' tall and 2' wide. Foliage becomes more bronze in winter.
Locations
1:
CON: CN13
(CN13)
• Accession: D2000-0763.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
VCA: AU12
(AU12)
• Accession: D2010-0670.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual