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Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspary Snow' - Hinoki False Cypress from Quackin Grass Nursery

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspray Snow' – Some years back I spied a couple of branchlets of white-splotched green and gold foliage on a specimen Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspray Gold' in a hand-watered only section of QGN. I've been growing it in pots for years largely in shade and though they grew bit by bit none fluorished. Last year, for the first time, I took the largest growing of all, potted it up into a solid 2-quart in soil-less mix with a couple of handfuls of Coast of Maine. This time I placed it in full sun where it thrived. So, this late in the game I'm introducing it as a viable new cultivar. One issue still pulls at me: the white splotches do often in winter become white-touched with some brown insinuating itself on the vareigated areas - more so here and there, less so in other spots with some of the variegation remaining untouched. So, it may be more a collector plant in my mind though these aesthetic decisions are always up to individual gardener and what is held beautiful or not. The browns do gradually dissipate during the next growing season as new foliage grows out. Cool, organic soil that retains moisture between rains sited in mostly to fully sunny situations. planted in a sheltered spot protection from harsh winter winds may be helpful in keeping the browns away. Established potted False Hinoki Cypress from cutting.