Description
🌿 Tempelhof Hinoki Cypress – Compact Evergreen Conifer with Golden Highlights 🌿
(Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Tempelhof’)
Add refined elegance to your landscape with the ‘Tempelhof’ Hinoki Cypress, a beautifully compact evergreen conifer known for its graceful form and glowing foliage. With a conical, upright shape, this variety is ideal as a standalone specimen, for hedging, or in group plantings for year-round structure and color.
✨ Key Features:
Mature Size: 8–10′ tall, 4–6′ wide
Whorled sprays of rich emerald green foliage with golden highlights on new growth
Mild pine fragrance adds a subtle sensory touch
Slow-growing with very low maintenance needs
Retains color beautifully through winter
Highly resistant to deer, drought, disease, dry soil, and insects
Ideal for zones 4a–8b
🌞 Sun & Soil Needs:
Thrives in full sun to light shade
Adapts to a variety of soils including clay, loam, sand, and silt
Prefers well-drained soil with a pH of 6.0–7.5
Average water needs; low once established
🌿 Design Tips:
Plant 5′ apart for hedging
Space 8–10’+ apart for grouped but distinct plantings
Perfect for foundation plantings, mixed borders, or Japanese-inspired gardens
🏡 A Long-Lived Classic
‘Tempelhof’ is a slow and steady grower, often living 70+ years under ideal conditions. Its neat, tidy shape and golden-tinted green foliage make it a standout feature in any garden year-round.
