Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Teddy Bear'

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Teddy Bear'
Hinoki cypress

SIZE/TYPE	low or groundcovering
USUAL HEIGHT	0.3-1m
USUAL WIDTH	0.3-1m
LEAVES	evergreen conifer
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	insignificant or non-blooming
LOCATION	full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Conifers

If you call someone a teddy bear, what is he like? Very probably nice, warm-hearted and from the first sight “safe”. This must have been the way of thinking of the breeder of this variety when he was looking for a name for his invention.

Teddy Bear is a neat and lovely little conifer, a variety of Hinoki cypress with fern-like foliage. It is exactly the type of plant you want to touch every time you pass by. The colour is emerald green with soft green new growths.

It grows very slowly to about 1m and forms a certain rosette at the ground level from which new sprays come erect and slightly droop. It likes medium fertile, acidic, moist but well-drained soil. Fully hardy to -29°C (USDA zone 5).

Last update 29-11-2008

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GLOSSARY

STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.