As your tree was professionally planted, I would suggest that you contact the company that did the work. Nootka Falsecypress prefers a moist, well-drained soil in a sunny area, protected from wind and if any of these conditions are not met, it may be the cause of the problem. However, there could be other reasons why your tree is turning brown and dropping needles, and these should be explored before assuming the worst. There is a fungus, Phytophthora lateralis, which rots the root system, this in turn, kills the tree. Nootka Falsecypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula”) is known to be hardy and until recently, was thought to be relatively insect and disease free. Any idea what might be causing this problem?Ī. My weeping nootka false cypress was planted 18 months ago and has needles turning brown that have started to drop. Soccer ball shape and segmentation each cone has a conspicuous curvved point in its center.Q. and glaucous 4 to 6 hooked scales, ripening the second year. Male and female flowers both every small male flowers yellow female flowers blur clusters at tips of the winter shoots.įruits and seeds: Cones 3/8” wide, globose ripe in two years. In the ‘Variegata’ cultivar the foliage sprays are irregularly blotched creamy white.įlowers: Monoecious. nootkatensis leaves do not have white markings on the undersurface moreover, crushed leaves of C. Foliage sprays flattened, long and pendent. Leaf tips sharp and not tightly pressed against branchlet. Leaves: Leaves scale-like very small with free, pointed tips, keeled, dark green above and paler beneath in aromatic flattened sprays and pressed close to the shoot. Trunk/Stem: Bark Red-brown to orange-brown, stringy branchlets are quadrangular and they become red-brown after one year. Habitat forests and moist coastal mountain slopes. Large branches sweep downward the lift upward at the ends foliage on branchlets hangs like curtains. Old trees have greatly buttressed, fluted trunks with huge burls.
Usually narrowly conical total tree shape. Species Origin: North Western North America Nootkatensis refers to the Nootka Sound in British Columbia.Ĭommon name: Blue Nootka false cypress (Alaska Cedar) The genus name comes from the Greek chamai meaning dwarf or to the ground an kyparissosmeaning “cypress tree”. The very fast growing, garden-popular tree, Leyland Cypress, xCupressocyparis leylandi, is a hybrid of Cupressus macrocarpa and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis. nookatensis ‘Pendula’ which has pendulous branches and rich green foliage. nootkatensis ‘Glauca’, which has bluish leaves, and C. There are about 15 cultivars available including C. In this discussion we follow Dirr (2009). There is some debate which genus this plant should be placed with: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Callitropsis nootkatensis or Xanthocyparis nootkatensis. The tree is native to northwestNorth America. The tree ranges in height from 30 to 50 feet and 10 to 15 feet in width. The leaves are blue-green on top but paler beneath. The branchlets are reddish-orange and somewhat curled. Its ever-present leaves, which are small and scale-like, decorate its drooping branchlets. Because theblue Nootka falsecypress(Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Glauca’) has small, brown, soccer-shaped cones growing from its branch tips, it belongs to the conifer family.
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