Hinoki Cypress 'Gracilis'
Chamaecyparis obtusa
A graceful Japanese conifer with soft, fan-like sprays of dark green foliage on gently drooping branches, prized as a specimen, and its compact forms suit small gardens, hedges and screens. Give it full sun or light shade, shelter from wind and soil that drains well. It's hard to move once planted.
- Mature size
- 10 × 4.5 ft
- 3 × 1.4 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
Hinoki Cypress 'Gracilis' at its mature size
A mature Hinoki Cypress 'Gracilis' grows 8 to 12 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, taller than most people.
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: Monrovia.
Through the year
What Hinoki Cypress 'Gracilis' looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Year-round
Glossy dark green foliage in cupped, shell-like fans with slightly drooping tips.
Photos
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Growing Hinoki Cypress 'Gracilis'
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Good for
- Privacy screen, small space, and specimen
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Japan and Taiwan
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Hinoki Cypress 'Gracilis', that’s about 4.5 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 Hinoki Cypress 'Gracilis' in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other cypresses
Golden Mop Threadleaf Cypress
Hinoki Cypress 'Gracilis'
Hinoki Cypress 'Crippsii'
Wells Special Hinoki CypressAll drawn to the same scale.