About
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Bronze Pygmy' is a compact evergreen conifer characterized by its horizontally spreading branches that create a broad, mounded shape. In spring, the foliage displays a yellow-bronze hue, shifting to green during the summer months and transitioning to a coppery-orange in winter.
About the genus
Chamaecyparis consists of evergreen trees that typically exhibit a narrow ovoid or columnar shape. They feature densely branched sprays of diminutive scale-like foliage and produce small, rounded cones. In certain cultivars, the tiny red male cones are particularly noticeable.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conifers, Shrubs
- Habit
- Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Rock garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in full sun to partial shade in moist but well drained soil.
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by grafting or semi-hardwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, juniper scale and shoot-boring moths
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus and Phytophthora root diseases