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Native Plant Synoptic Garden
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‘Pershore Zanzibar’- (Hill, 2004).
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis- Can attain a large size of 60-90’. Forms a conical shape with
pendulous branches. Use in “Forest Ridge” or “Wetland Zone”. Ethnobotany: Wood used to
make bows and tools. Medicinal teas from boughs
‘Aurea’- Has light yellow foliage that later turns green. Use in “Forest Ridge” or
“Wetland Zone”.
‘Aureovariegata’- Variegated yellow cultivar that lightens in summer and then becomes
yellow- brown during winter months. Use in “Forest Ridge” or “Wetland Zone”.
‘Compacta’- A great compact form that is very dense in habit. Eventually becomes an
open globe shape (Krussman, 1985).
‘Compacta Glauca’- A dwarf form with blue-green branch-lets (Krussman, 1985).
‘Glauca Pendula’- A blue-green colored form that has weeping side branches.
‘Green Arrow’- Tall narrow growing type.
‘Laura Aurora’- (Hill, 2004).
‘Lutea’- A nice golden-yellow form.
‘Pendula’- A weeping form that has side branches that extend outward and down. End
of branches hang vertical.
(Photo from: Fa. C. Esveld)