Sawara False Cypress, Boulevard Cypress, Blue Moss Cypress 'Lemon Thread'

My family knows this as the "Snufalupagus" bush. It has a nice greenish-yellow color in spring, but can be orange-ish brown at the tips i...Read Moren winter if it's in a sunny location. That's not a selling point in my opinion, but their redeeming quality is they seem to do well in dry shade under established trees, and supposedly even in wet shade. Not many bushes can manage that. It's worth mentioning they grow much larger over time than the tag says.

I purchased a few of these beautiful 'Lemon Thread' or 'Sungold' False Cypress from Lowes in Spring 07, they are planted southwest in the...Read More yard; they require some shade late evenings here in zone 8. During spring thru summer the thread tips are chartreuse in color, as winter approaches the tips intensifies. Pictures from spring thru winter 08 will reveal this amazing transformation.