Conifer Database - Drath Hexe

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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Drath Hexe’

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Drath Hexe' is a slow-growing stiff-textured, upright conical dwarf selection of Lawson cypress with small, congested, recurving gray-green foliage and numerous fasciations (cockscombs) at the tips. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 2 feet (60 cm) tall and 1 foot (30 cm) wide, an annual rate of growth of 2 inches (5 cm).

This cultivar as a witch's broom found in 1990 on a specimen of C. lawsoniana 'Drath' by Güsnther Eschrich, of Recklinghausen, Germany. The plant is almost universally seen listed as a cultivar of C obtusa, but examination of seed cones on the parent plant as well as a propensity for rooted propagated cuttings to die from Phytophthera lateralis strongly suggest that it is actually C. lawsoniana.




Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

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HORTICULTURAL STATUS:Established / Published
COLOR:Blue Gray
GROWTH SHAPE:Conical (Pyramidal)
GROWTH SIZE:Dwarf: 1 to 6 inches (2.5 – 15 cm) per year / 1 to 5 feet (0.3 – 1.5 m) after 10 years
ORIGIN:Witch's Broom


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