Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????

[rufie98]

Believe it or not, I WON this plant at a garden show a month ago. I forgot to ask the name of the plant. Now it bothers me that I do not know the variety. I have gone to two plant nurseries and they have only been mildly helpful, unfortunately. Any help would be appreciated.

[Tigger]

It's probably a chamaecyparis obtusa cultivar, but that's about as helpful as saying it's a hosta. There are many, many dwarf cultivars. Good luck.

David

[thy]

Try to look up Thujopsis dolabrata or Thujopsis dolabrata Nana for the small one
It looks very much like the ones we call chicken leg tree

[rufie98]

Thank you David and Pia. I will do my homework and see what I can come up with. I keep asking myself "why didn't I ask what the name of the plant was?" But I guess I was just so surprised to be given the plant, I just couldn't think straight!

[Buckeye]

It looks like it might be Microbiota decussata, also known as Russian Cypress.

[viktoria]

It does not look like Microbiota to me. Try googling for Thujopsis dolobrata, although that doesn't look right to me, either.

Viktoria

[Tigger]

Could it be a dwarf cultivar of Lawson's cypress? I don't know how they ever keep these sorted out, when dwarf forms can look so unlike mature natural forms.

[rufie98]

Well after doing more research (and your help), I think I have found the name of this evergreen - Siberian Carpet Cypress (microbiota decussata). Good guess Buckeye! Thank you all!