Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'

7th December 2020

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'

Chamaecyparis is the Sawara Cypress - it prefers a slightly acid soil but tolerates some chalk. 'Boulevard' is an attractive conifer when young, with soft, silvery blue-grey foliage often tinged purple in winter.. It forms a large, dense conical shrub but grows slowly, to 1.8m in about 10 years, though it may eventually reach 8m when mature. It can be pruned - but generally it gets removed when it outgrows its space.