Southern Lace Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Southern Lace’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Conifer

Height at Maturity: 15-20′

Width at Maturity: 6-8′ at the base
Spacing: 6-7′ apart for solid hedges or privacy screens; 16′ or more apart for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Conical, Upright

Growth Rate: Moderate

Foliage Color: Medium Green

Fragrant Foliage: Mild Pine Scent

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun

Water Needs: Average, low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Drainage: Well Drained

Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.5

Maintenance / Care: Very Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Insect

Description

An exceptionally attractive and fast-growing Hinoki Cypress, ‘Southern Lace’ sports some of the most soft and lacy foliage of any conifer we grow. It has an open-branched, narrow pyramidal form with gracefully arching branchlets that are sure to please the eye when used as a focal point specimen, in groupings, or in privacy screen plantings. Though some websites list Southern Lace as “slow growing,” we’ve seen it add 12-24 inches or more a year in height…super-fast for a Hinoki Cypress!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 15 to 20 feet in height and 6 to 8 feet wide at the base, the Southern Lace Hinoki Cypress ideal for use as a focal point specimen, to frame the corners of tall homes and other structures, in groupings, or arranged in single or staggered rows to form a very attractive privacy screen or buffer. Also suitable for growing in large containers and a fine addition to conifer gardens, rock gardens, and Xeriscape gardens (low water needs).

Suggested Spacing: 6 to 7 feet apart for privacy screens; 16 or more feet apart for space between trees

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Cypress tree is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring. That said, it will need a well-lit indoor location and will need to be transplanted to the landscape when it becomes to large to grow in a container.

Growing Preferences

The Southern Lace Hinoki Cypress is easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full to part sun. It is exceptionally low maintenance, requiring little if any pruning to keep its naturally narrow, pyramidal form.

Helpful Articles

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I was very impressed with the care that was made in the selection, packaging and planting instructions. The product arrived in very good condition and excellent quality.——————————–WBG Reply: Hi Brenda, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Southern Lace Hinoki Cypress. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

I’m VERY Happy with the packaging and shipping of these trees. I bought 2 of the Southern Lace Hinoki Cypress trees. They were tall and came in long boxes and are truly beautiful trees. I was concerned because the delivery took longer for them and their pot soil was a little dry when they got here but they seem okay. Haven’t yet planted them. Am giving them a couple of days to recover before planting them, but am so pleased with their look and I really hope they do well in my yard! ——————— WBG Reply: Hi Theresa – Thanks so much your your review of the Southern lace Hinoki Cypress trees and all the compliments! We hope you enjoy these beautiful trees for years to come. If they do as well in your gardens as they have ours, you’ll be very pleased:-) Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

I bought this cypress tree a couple of weeks ago. It is exactly as described. It was shipped perfectly and in soil with a pot included. The tree is great, however the customer service from Wilson Brothers was phenomenal. They have a great staff, are very attentive, and are just all around an A+ bunch of folks. We are doing our backyard and front yard this summer, and I will buy all of my Landscaping from them. They are just that good. ——————– WBG Reply: Hi Jen – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review. Glad to hear your jasmines are doing wonderfully in your garden and hope you enjoy them for years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens