Heatherbun Whitecedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides "Heatherbun"
Height: 7 feet
Spread: 5 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 5
Other Names: Whitecedar Falsecypress, Atlantic White Cedar
Description:
A useful garden cultivar with fuzzy bluish foliage in summer which turns to purple in fall and through winter; good for general garden applications
Ornamental Features:
Heatherbun Whitecedar has attractive bluish-green foliage. The scale-like leaves are ornamentally significant and turn coppery-bronze in fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. The bark is not particularly outstanding.
Landscape Attributes:
Heatherbun Whitecedar is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.
This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should not require much pruning, except when necessary, such as to remove dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Heatherbun Whitecedar is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Vertical Accent
- Rock/Alpine Gardens
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
- Hedges/Screening
Plant Characteristics:
Heatherbun Whitecedar will grow to be about 7 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is particular about its soil conditions, with a strong preference for sandy, acidic soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder zones.
This is a selection of a native North American species.
This plant is not reliably hardy and requires winter protection in MN.
