I noticed that my dwarf Hinoki cypress seems to have a lot of brown needles. They're all toward the middle or inside of the plant. The outside is still green. Is that a sign the plant is in trouble? A ...

What: Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Coralliformis’ or dwarf hinoki cypress, bears striking, twisted branches and thin, contorted foliage. The young twigs are bright orange-red and contrast nicely with the ...

You probably know that I’m a big fan of the dwarf hinoki cypress. A unique upright form that looks great in the mixed border is Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Spiralis.’ Densely covered with dark- green ...

In California, it is hard to imagine that hinoki cypress, Chamaecyparis obtusa, gets big enough to be harvested for lumber in Japan. Almost all of the local garden varieties stay quite short. The ...

If your outdoor space is looking a little sparse after the non-stop excitement of summer blooms and fall color it's time to think about how best to fill the gaps. Choose easy evergreen trees that will ...

When seeking some winter interest, the slender Hinoki false cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa "Gracilis") fits that garden need. This evergreen is tall with a narrow pyramidal form, fitting nicely in ...

Fall is here and all of those end-of-season projects are looming. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service.

We have a bald cypress tree, and we were wondering if the needles from the cypress tree we are raking up now would be good for mulching. We know oak leaves are a good mulch, but are maple leaves also ...

We quantitatively clarified the early humification processes on Japanese cedar and Hinoki cypress forest floors by using a litterbag experiment and the solid-state 13C CPMAS NMR technique. There was ...

It’s finally spring and we’re ready to garden. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension ...

Ancient bald cypress trees tower along the Black River in the state of North Carolina in the United States. Many of these living trees are over a thousand years old, researchers had estimated in the ...