Threadleaf Falsecypress                kam-e-SIP-a-ris pi-SIF-er -a

• Conifer, evergreen shrub/tree, droopy mound, ragmop at first, 6-8 ft (2-2.5 m), finally 40-50 ft (12-15 m) high !!, broadly-conical, loose, fine textured.  Branchlets thin, filamentous, cord-like, pendulous, needles in opposing pairs, gray-green, white on inside.  Fruits only occasionally.
• The dwarf form, ‘Filifera Nana’, is more likely suitable for home landscaping.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4      Species introduced in about 1861 from Japan by Robert Fortune.