Wells Special Hinoki Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Wells Special’ · a narrow upright Hinoki cypress
A narrow, upright hinoki with deep emerald fans on gently arching branches, an evergreen accent or slim screen that stays green through cold winters when many cypresses bronze. It isn't a dwarf and keeps growing for years, so give it room, shelter from drying wind and moist soil that drains well.
- Mature size
- 14 × 6.5 ft
- 4.5 × 2 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 4b–8a
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
Wells Special Hinoki Cypress at its mature size
A mature Wells Special Hinoki Cypress grows 10 to 15 feet tall and 5 to 8 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: conifersociety.org, dawesarb.arboretumexplorer.org, bowerandbranch.com, plants.wasconursery.com.
Through the year
What Wells Special Hinoki Cypress looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Year-round
Deep emerald-green fans of scale foliage on slightly arching branches, green all winter.
Growing Wells Special Hinoki Cypress
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- 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 Wells Special Hinoki Cypress, that’s about 6.5 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 Wells Special Hinoki Cypress 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.