Mini Tree Set of 2: Cumulus Sawara Cypress & Compact Fernleaf Cypress

A set of two, very different baby conifers that are sure to delight. Great for miniature gardens, railroad Gardens, pre-bonsai starts, or conifer collectors. The two very different shrubs wear contrasting textures and complementary colors. 

As a pair, they are hardy from zones 4 thru 8. 

Great in pots or in-ground (but you might want to wait for them to grow up a bit, they are tiny.) Water when the soil is barely damp. Protect them from the hot afternoon sun in the summertime if they are in a container to prevent the soil from drying out too fast and too often.

More Plant Details:

'Cumulus' is a true miniature with a growth rate of less than 1" per year. It has a light, tufted cloud with dense, soft foliage that stays soft in maturity too. The shrub appears to look more gray in the sun, yet greener in the shade; it's the way the sun dances on its leaves.

Shear it back in late winter to keep the globe-shape. If you let it grow naturally without shearing, it will grow into a tall, leggy shrub that is great for a country garden theme.

Topiary Potential: Can be trained into a topiary too! Shear no more than ⅓ of the foliage at time and train it into any shape. It's really easy to maintain the shape too, just trim the foliage each spring and summer. A fun little shrub. 

Mini Maintenance: Clean out the conifer dieback whenever you see it. It's the natural exfoliation that happens in spring &/or fall. The tiny shrub holds this dieback inside its branches that can prevent light and air from getting through. Get a pair of gloves on and gently get your fingers inside the branches and slough off any of the dead foliage whenever you see it happening. 

• Wonderful blue-green color
• Gets an amber blush to the top in the cold months

• Growth: less than 1" per year

• Cold hardy Zones 4-8, or to -30F
• Heat Zones 8-1 but avoid extremes to be safe

• Sun to part shade, watch the hot summer sun if in a container
• Regular water if in a pot, let dry out to just damp in between
• Comes in a 2" pot
• An outdoor plant

Compact Fernleaf Cypress – Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Filicoides Compacta’

A stunning gem for the miniature garden, shear it in late winter to keep its compact shape or just let it do what it does naturally: let its frond-like branches reach for the sky.

An unusual Hinoki for the miniature garden, fairy garden or railroad garden that can add a completely different texture to the mini landscape. The foliage looks like ferns. It can stand alone as a focal point or trim-away the bottom-most branches (at anytime) to make it look like a tree in miniature, (in this case, keep it sheared to keep the canopy-shape but shear it in late winter.) . A treat to grow.

Prune in late winter to keep it bushy. 

• Growth: 6” – 8" per year – a slower-growing in cooler areas.
• Shape: Upright broad

• Hardiness: Cold hardy Zones 5-8 or to -20F
• Heat Hardy: Heat Zones 8-1

• Light: Full sun to part shade
• Water: Regular water if in a pot, let dry out to damp in between watering
• Maintenance: Clean out the dead leaves inside the shrub when it’s young, when you see them

• Prune in mid to late winter to keep it compact
• Tips may turn bronze or amber in the colder areas in winter, it's 'winter blush'
  
  
• Comes in a 2" pot
• An outdoor plant