Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Alumii'
Common name: 
Scarab Cypress
Alumi Falsecypress
Pronunciation: 
kam-e-SIP-a-ris la-so-ni-A-na
Family: 
Cupressaceae
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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  • branchlets

    branchlets

  • branchlets

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  • branchlets, comparison with species type

    branchlets, comparison with species type