Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Gracilis'
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Gracilis’ · a mounding Hinoki cypress
A slow-growing dwarf hinoki with shell-shaped sprays of rich, dark green foliage that stays handsome all winter. It's ideal for small spaces, foundation beds, rock and Asian gardens, pots and bonsai. Give it full sun or light shade, moist, well-drained soil and shelter from harsh wind.
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- Mature size
- 4.5 × 3 ft
- 1.4 × 0.9 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Gracilis' at its mature size
A mature Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Gracilis' grows to about 4.5 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: Missouri Botanical Garden, NC State Extension.
Through the year
What Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Gracilis' looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Year-round
Dense cone of cupped, shell-shaped fans of dark green scale foliage.
Photos
Growing Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Gracilis'
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, and specimen
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Japan and Taiwan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Dwarf Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Gracilis', 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 'Nana Gracilis' 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.