falsecypress

Goldthread falsecypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera filifera 'Aurea') is relatively shade-tolerant and has a willowy growth habit that stands as a contrast in form and leaf color to other greenery.

A spring shower of queries on stink bugs, shade trees, more 2010

Goldthread falsecypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera filifera 'Aurea') is relatively shade-tolerant and has a willowy growth habit that stands as a contrast in form and leaf color to other greenery.

A spring shower of queries on stink bugs, shade trees, more 2010

The mounds have moss-laden rocks on them and were planted with a dwarf Japanese maple (murasaki kiyohime), hinoki falsecypress and satsuki azaleas.

Green Scene: A Japanese garden's natural serenity 2010

A. Deer are known to eat hinoki falsecypress, but I think the tattered shrub was probably a casualty of deer rutting.

Green Scene: Questions and answers on poison ivy, sugar maples, ferns and more Joel M. Lerner 2010