The Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress offers rich green texture, graceful form, and compact size—perfect for small gardens, foundation beds, and year-round elegance.
FEATURES:
- Deep green foliage with soft, shell-like tips
- Compact, upright growth ideal for tight spaces
- Evergreen structure for year-round color and interest
- Slow-growing and naturally low maintenance
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Bower & Branch Landscape Design Tip:
This tree is perfect for front yard accents, entryways, and formal beds. Combine it with bold-leaved perennials or groundcovers to create contrast and highlight its unique texture and color.
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4
- Mature Height: 5-6' tall
- Mature Width: 3-4' wide
- Exposure: Sun/Light Shade
- Spacing: 4-8' apart
Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress
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The Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress offers rich green texture, graceful form, and compact size—perfect for small gardens, foundation beds, and year-round elegance.
FEATURES:
- Deep green foliage with soft, shell-like tips
- Compact, upright growth ideal for tight spaces
- Evergreen structure for year-round color and interest
- Slow-growing and naturally low maintenance
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Bower & Branch Landscape Design Tip:
This tree is perfect for front yard accents, entryways, and formal beds. Combine it with bold-leaved perennials or groundcovers to create contrast and highlight its unique texture and color.
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4
- Mature Height: 5-6' tall
- Mature Width: 3-4' wide
- Exposure: Sun/Light Shade
- Spacing: 4-8' apart
Why plant Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress?
Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress is a choice evergreen accent in a class by itself. This tidy, compact version of the elegant Hinoki Cypress Tree displays wavy fans of lustrous deep green foliage and a rounded habit. It’s like a little green cloud for your landscape, and it’s just as soft as it looks. Use it to soften the hard edges of stone, brick, or metal or to make a pleasing contrast to plants that have a pyramidal or columnar shape. Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress maintains an impeccable appearance year-round, and what’s more, it does so while making very few demands on your busy schedule. Hinoki Cypress is native to Japan, where it can become a towering 100-foot-plus tree that brushes the sky. But don’t worry! This selection will never get bigger than 2 or 3 feet. Gardeners and nurserypeople with a sharp eye will sometimes find “sports,” or mutations of plants, that can be propagated to retain their unique characteristics. That’s what happened to this selection long ago. Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress originated in Japan; no one knows how long it has been grown there, but it was introduced to the West in the 1850s when Japan opened its borders. After all that time, this stellar plant is still a favorite in Japan, the U.S., and around the world.
How to use Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress in the landscape?
Put your pruners back in the shed. This dapper little evergreen slowly grows into a perfect bun shape without any trimming on your part. You’ll have to unleash your inner Edward Scissorhands on some other plant. Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress has a naturally dense form and always looks freshly sheared—even when it hasn’t been.
How To Plant Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress
You’ll want to give Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress a position in full sun to part shade in good soil that drains well. Water it regularly during establishment (the Bower & Branch™ Water Element system will help you deliver the right amount) and mulch it to keep the roots nice and cool. You can also grow this petite plant in a container on the patio. Hinoki Cypress prefers climates that don’t get extremely hot or extremely cold. Gardeners in coastal areas will have the most success, but with thoughtful siting and protection from the worst the weather has to offer, gardeners in much of the country will be able to grow outstanding specimens.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. This is a slow-growing dwarf variety, reaching just 6–8 feet over many years. It's perfect for small landscapes, courtyards, or even containers.
Yes, this Hinoki Cypress thrives in full sun but can also tolerate partial shade. In hotter climates, a bit of afternoon shade helps protect the foliage from burn.
Not at all. This tree naturally maintains a beautiful pyramidal form. You may remove any stray or damaged branches, but no formal shaping is necessary.
