7 Sawara Cypress

Scientific Name – Chamaecyparis pisifera

Native to Japan, it is uncommon to find this tree with a number of cultivars such as ‘Plumosa’ being a lot more common and regularly located in parks, gardens and churchyards.

Sawara Cypress has a rich chestnut brown bark with narrow, deep fissures that run parallel to one another. It has a loosely conical growth pattern while it sometimes has an open crown. Branches are generally level but may bend downwards to form layers at the base. Leaves are a bright, shiny green and are shiny white at the base beneath. When crushed the foliage release an acrid, resinous smell. It is a slow growing tree, rarely growing more than 20cm a year.

1.Cedrus libani (Cedar of Lebanon)
2.Fagus sylvatica 'Heterophylla' (Cut leaf beech)
3.Larix decidua (European larch)
4.Cupressus Macrocarpa (Monterey cypress)
5.Thuja plicata (Western red cedar)
6.Luma apiculata (Chilean myrtle)
7.Chamaecyparis pisifera (Swara cypress)
8.Tsuga dumosa (Himalayan hemlock)* Champion
9.Cupressus macrocarpa 'Lutea'(Goldn monterey cypress)
10.Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)
11.Cedrus libani (Cedar of Lebanon)
12.Quercus ilex (Holm oak)
13.Cryptomeria Japonica 'Elegans' (Japanese cedar)
14.Thujopsis dolobrata (Hiba)
15.Pinus gordoniana (White pine)
16.Sequoia sempervirens (Coast redwood)*Champion
17.Thuja standishii(Japanses arbor-vitae)
18.Sequoi sempervirens(Coast redwood)*Champion
19.Pinus montezumae 'hartwegii' (Mexican pine)
20.Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant redwood)
21.Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant redwood)
22.Picea orientalis (Oriental spruce)
23.Fagus sylvatica 'pendula' (Weeping Irish Beech)
24.Cupressus lusitanica bethamii(Bentham cypress)

The trees listed *Champion are considered to be among the finest of their species to be found in Europe