Weeping Alaska Cedar, Nootka False Cypress 'Pendula' (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Nov 19, 2004

Weeping Alaska Cedar, Nootka False Cypress 'Pendula'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

Very dramatic landscape plant

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IslandJim Keizer, OR(Zone 8b) Nov 19, 2004

Cool.Looks a bit like an Atlas cedar would look if it was green and not silver.

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treelover3 Minneapolis, MN(Zone 5a) Nov 20, 2004

Very nice shot of this plant.

It should be noted that this plant has been renamed (again) because of a validly published paper (dated 1865) that was found which has precedence over the previous names given to this plant.

The "new" name for this plant is: Callitropsis nootkatensis.

Previously, the plant was known as: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Cupressus nootkatensis; then Xanthocyparis nootkatensis and now Callitropsis nootkatensis.

It will, no doubt, take a long time before Callitropsis is used as the valid name for this plant in catalogs and by nurseries.
Mike


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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Nov 20, 2004

Will Callitropsis replace all Chamaecyparis?

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treelover3 Minneapolis, MN(Zone 5a) Nov 20, 2004

Todd,
Good question and I'm not sure, but it could? I'll have to do a little more digging to see if I can find out if all Chamaecyparis are now Callitropsis. I'll post the answer here - IF I can find the answer.
Mike

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swiss Downey, CA Nov 21, 2004

Where can I buy one of these specimans.

Southern CA

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Nov 21, 2004

Weeping Nootka are pretty standard in our local nurseries. I'm sure you would have no problems in california, assuming its not too warm where you are. They grow best in wet climates like the Pacific Northwest.

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swiss Downey, CA Nov 21, 2004

My average low is 45 degrees... What zone am I in? Am I in the 9 or 11? New to this, but very interested in learning. Will this plant do well in my zone?

Downey, CA

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Nov 21, 2004

It may be too warm...you live in a sub-tropical zone...sounds like zone 10 or 11.

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treelover3 Minneapolis, MN(Zone 5a) Nov 21, 2004

Swiss,
Sorry, but your zone is too warm. I checked the Monrovia nursery site and they list zones 5 through 8 as the zones that this plant will grow in.

If your average low is 45°F then you are zone 11, which is way, way, too warm for this plant. You can normally push or pull one zone on either end of the scale, but two or three zones would really take very careful site selection and in all likelihood the plant will fail.

I would check with your local nurseries in the spring and see if anyone is carrying this plant and IF there is a GUARANTEE on the plant.
Good luck,
Mike


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swiss Downey, CA Nov 22, 2004

Thanks everyone...

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