species
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Lawson cypress
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana belongs to the family Cupressaceae, also known as Lawson cypress, introduced to the UK. It reaches 20 m tall and 5 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam, clay or sand soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 20 m tall × 5 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Introduced
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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