Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Juniperoides' / juniper-leaf Hinoki cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Juniperoides' is one of the most diminutive Hinoki cypress selections available in the nursery trade. The plant's overall structure is that of a dense cushion of fan shaped sprays with pointed tips, somewhat reminiscent of a juniper. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure on 4 inches (10 cm) tall and wide, an annual growth rate of less than 0.5 inch (1 cm).

This cultivar originated as one of the famous, "tennis ball seedlings" selected in the 1920s by George Gardiner, nursery foreman at W.H. Rogers & Sons' Red Lodge Nursery, Chandler Ford, United Kingdom. Seed was sourced from an old specimen of Ch. obtusa 'Nana Gracilis' that set viable seed for a few years after the First World War. Murray Hornibrook assisted in naming many of these plants that, despite the passage of time, are still relatively easy to obtain.