| Description | Weeping Nootka Cypress (Cupressaceae Chamaecyparis nookatensis pendula) is a hardy evergreen with a strong, vertical trunk and cascading, dark blue-green to green branches. |
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| Pronunciation | (kam-e-SIP-a-ris)(noot-ka-TEN-sis) |
| Plant Type | Trees Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full, part sun |
| Moisture | prefers moist, aveage |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist, average |
| Flowers | The flowers are not ornamental. |
| Fruit | Small, round, woody cones (0.5 inches in diameter) that mature over two years. They start green or purple-green with hooked tips and turn reddish-brown, dark brown, or yellow-green as they mature. The cones contain 4–6 scales and are resinous. |
| Leaves | Gray-green evergreen foliage. The leaves are like roof tiles, overlapping like scales. This is called imbricate. |
| Stems | Branches are upcurving with pendulous branchlets, usually single-trunked with strong apical dominance. |
| Dimensions | 30-45 feet tall, spread 10-15 feet, weeping pyramidal form |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Coastal regions of northwestern North America, ranging from Prince William Sound in Alaska through British Columbia to northern California. It grows in cool, humid, and moist mountainous climates |
| Cultivar Origin | Raised in Holland after 1884, it has been in commerce in North America since about 1907. |
| Misc Facts | (syn. Xanthocyparis nookatensis) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #256-Conifers for Gardens (Richard L. Bitner) |
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