Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Alumii'
Common name:
Scarab Cypress
Alumi Falsecypress
Pronunciation:
kam-e-SIP-a-ris la-so-ni-A-na
Family:
Cupressaceae
Genus:
Synonyms:
‘Allumii’
Type:
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
Yes
- Conifer, evergreen tree, to about 50 ft (15 m) high, narrow conical-upright, branches ascending on young plants, spreading more widely on older plants. Branchlets numerous, dense, flat, and soft. Needles blue-green to gray-blue. Bears few cones.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Developed in Worcester, England around 1870.
- A common cultivar; easily propagated. Possibly surpassed by blue, but narrower, cultivars such as ‘Alumii Magnifica’ and ‘Columnaris’ (van Gelderen and van Hoey Smith, 1996).
- Oregon State Univ. campus: north side (front) MU, on either side of main stairs and east and west of there.
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