Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Kosteri'
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Kosteri’ · a mounding Hinoki cypress
A slow, dwarf hinoki whose bright green fans of dense foliage make a loose, irregular little pyramid, bronzed in winter. It stays compact without pruning, ideal for small spaces, rock gardens, foundations and pots; give it sun or part shade and moist soil that drains well.
- Mature size
- 3.5 × 3 ft
- 1.1 × 0.9 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Kosteri' at its mature size
A mature Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Kosteri' grows to about 3.5 ft tall and 3 ft wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu.
Through the year
What Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Kosteri' looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Winter · Dec–Mar
The outer foliage fans tinged bronze, still reading green-bronze from a distance, not brown or dead.
In leaf · Apr–Nov
Bright green horizontal fans of dense, cupped scale foliage.
Photos
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Growing Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Kosteri'
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, specimen, and winter interest
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Japan and Taiwan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Kosteri', that’s about 3 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Kosteri' in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other cypresses
Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Kosteri'
Dwarf Golden Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Lutea'
Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Gracilis'
Golden Mop Threadleaf CypressAll drawn to the same scale.