Sawara Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera

(Siebold & Zucc.) Endl. Species

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Botanical name
Chamaecyparis pisifera
Also known as
Sawara Cypress, Sawara-Cypress
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Chamaecyparis
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Sawara Cypress

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Chamaecyparis pisifera but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Chamaecyparis filifera Chamaecyparis leptoclada Chamaecyparis obtusa var. plumosa Chamaecyparis pisifera f. aurea Chamaecyparis pisifera f. aurea-nana Chamaecyparis pisifera f. filifera Chamaecyparis pisifera f. filifera-aurea Chamaecyparis pisifera f. filifera-aureovariegata Chamaecyparis pisifera f. leptoclada Chamaecyparis pisifera f. minima Chamaecyparis pisifera f. plumosa Chamaecyparis pisifera f. squarrosa Chamaecyparis pisifera f. standishii Chamaecyparis pisifera f. sulphurea Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filicoides Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filifera Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filifera-pendula Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filiformis Chamaecyparis pisifera var. pendula Chamaecyparis pisifera var. plumosa Chamaecyparis plumosa Chamaecyparis plumosa var. argentea Chamaecyparis squarrosa Chamaecyparis squarrosa var. leptoclada Chamaecyparis squarrosa var. sulphurea Cupressus leptoclada Cupressus obtusa var. plumosa-argentea Cupressus obtusa var. plumosa-aurea Cupressus pisifera Cupressus pisifera f. pendula Cupressus pisifera var. filiera Cupressus pisifera var. plumosa Cupressus pisifera var. plumosa Cupressus pisifera var. sulphurea Cupressus squarrosa Cupressus squarrosa Retinispora aurea Retinispora filifera Retinispora leptoclada Retinispora pisifera Retinispora pisifera var. aurea Retinispora pisifera var. filiformis Retinispora plumosa Retinispora plumosa var. aurea Retinispora squarrosa Retinispora stricta Thuja pisifera Thuja pisifera var. filifera

Others in Chamaecyparis

Chamaecyparis hodginsii
Fujian Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Hinoki Cypress
Chamaecyparis flifera
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Lawson's Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana
Chamaecyparis thyoides var. henryae
Chamaecyparis formosensis
Formosan Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa var. obtusa

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