Chamaecyparis ob Kamaeni hiba #3 Shrub Steel-blue needles and horizontally-layered branches

Steel-blue needles and horizontally-layered branches make this a neat and reliable landscape conifer that becomes wider than tall with age

Grows best in full sun to part sun in moist to wet soils with high humus content or in shallow standing water

The needles are long

semi-double blooms from summer into fall

double purple flowers in early spring about 1-2 weeks before common lilac

Chamaecyparis ob Kamaeni hiba #3 Shrub Steel-blue needles and horizontally-layered branchesThe branches are twisted and clustered, growing only about 3 6" per year. The shape is a small irregular pyramid. The foliage is threadlike, almost like a cockscomb, and bright yellow when young, maturing to greenish yellow. Protect from winter winds and afternoon sun. Will always require water in an extended drought.