Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana - Cultivation and Uses

Cultivation and Uses

It is of great importance in horticulture, with several hundred named cultivars of varying crown shape, growth rates and foliage colour having been selected for garden planting. It thrives best in well-drained but moist soils. The wood is light yet has great strength and rot resistance, and is particularly highly valued in east Asia, with large amounts being exported to Japan where it is in high demand for making coffins, and for shrines and temples. Its lumber is also known for its highly fragrant ginger aroma. Due to the straightness of its grain, it is also one of the preferred woods for the manufacture of arrow shafts. It is also considered an acceptable, though not ideal, wood for construction of aircraft.

However, it is considered more than acceptable for use in stringed instruments. Its fine grain, good strength and tonal quality are highly regarded for soundboards in guitar making.

The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-

  • 'Aurea densa'
  • 'Chilworth Silver'
  • 'Ellwoodii'
  • 'Ellwood's Gold'
  • 'Fletcheri' *'Gimbornii'
  • 'Grayswood Pillar'
  • 'Green hedger'
  • 'Intertexta'
  • 'Kilmacurragh'
  • 'Lanei aurea'
  • 'Little spire'
  • 'Lutea'
  • 'Lutea nana'
  • 'Minima aurea'
  • 'Minima glauca'
  • 'Pelt's blue'
  • 'Pembury blue'
  • 'Pigmaea argentea'
  • 'Stardust'
  • 'Wisselii'

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