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Every Chamaecyparis variety, A to Z
The complete Chamaecyparis list, the genus most gardeners know as false cypress — all 67 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Chamaecyparis hub instead.
A3
- Atlantic White CedarChamaecyparis thyoides
- Atlantic White CedarChamaecyparis thyoides 'Rubicon'
- Aurea Nana Dwarf Golden Sawara CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Aurea Nana'
B2
- Blue Nootka CypressChamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Glauca'
- Boulevard FalsecypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'
C5
- Chimanihiba Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Chimaani-hiba'
- Compact Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Compacta'
- Compact Hinoki False CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis Compacta'
- Confucius Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Confucius'
- Cream Ball False CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Cream Ball'
D4
- Densa Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Densa'
- Dwarf Blue Nootka CypressChamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Glauca Nana'
- Dwarf Golden Threadleaf CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea Nana'
- Dwarf Twisted Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Torulosa Nana'
E2
- Ellwoodii false cypressChamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoodii'
- Elwood's Pygmy Lawson CypressChamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Elwood's Pygmy'
F3
- Fernspray Gold Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspray Gold'
- Fernspray Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides'
- Filifera Aureovariegata Japanese CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aureovariegata'
G9
- Glauca Pendula Weeping CedarChamaecyparis thyoides 'Glauca Pendula'
- Gold Drop Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Gold Drop'
- Gold Dust CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Gold Dust'
- Gold Mop CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Gold Mop'
- Golden Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Tetragona Aurea'
- Golden Mop False CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Mop'
- Golden Nootka CypressChamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Aurea'
- Golden Pin Cushion CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Pin Cushion'
- Golden Threadleaf False CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'
H5
- Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa
- Hinoki Cypress BrevirameaChamaecyparis obtusa 'Breviramea'
- Hinoki Cypress JuniperoidesChamaecyparis obtusa 'Juniperoides'
- Hinoki Cypress SplitrockChamaecyparis obtusa 'Splitrock'
- Hinoki Cypress VerdonChamaecyparis obtusa 'Verdon'
I1
- Ivan's Column Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Ivan's Column'
J2
- Japanese false cypress Soft ServeChamaecyparis pisifera 'Soft Serve'
- Juniperoides Aurea Dwarf Golden Sawara CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Juniperoides Aurea'
K1
- Kosteri Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Kosteri'
L2
- Little Anne Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Little Anne'
- Lynn's Golden Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Lynn's Golden'
M3
- Meth Dwarf Atlantic White CedarChamaecyparis thyoides 'Meth Dwarf'
- Minima Aureovariegata Japanese falsecypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Minima Aureovariegata'
- Moss False CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa'
N5
- Nana Aurea Dwarf Golden Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea'
- Nana Dwarf Sawara CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Nana'
- Nana Gracilis Dwarf Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'
- Nana Lutea Japanese False CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Lutea'
- Night Light Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Conschlecht'
P3
- Port Orford CedarChamaecyparis lawsoniana
- Pygmaea Aurescens Dwarf Golden Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Pygmaea Aurescens'
- Pygmaea Dwarf Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Pygmaea'
S8
- Sawara CypressChamaecyparis pisifera
- Silverlode False CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Silverlode'
- Slender Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis'
- Snow Sawara CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Snow'
- Southern Lace Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Southern Lace'
- Squarrosa Dumosa Dwarf Sawara CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa Dumosa'
- Squarrosa Lutea Japanese False CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa Lutea'
- Squarrosa Minima Japanese False CypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa Minima'
T3
- Tempelhof Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Tempelhof'
- Tonia Japanese False CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Tonia'
- Tsatsumi Gold Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Tsatsumi Gold'
V2
- Variegated Nootka CypressChamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Variegata'
- Verdon Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Verdoni'
W2
- Webb Gold Atlantic White CedarChamaecyparis thyoides 'Webb Gold'
- Wells Special Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Wells Special'
#2
- 'Bess' Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Bess'
- 'Little Markey' Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Little Markey'
Chamaecyparis list questions
How many Chamaecyparis varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 67 distinct Chamaecyparis varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Chamaecyparis varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Chamaecyparis varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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