Overview

Discover the charm of the Boulevard Cypress live plant, a delightful addition to any miniature garden, rockery, or container display. This specific cultivar, known botanically as Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Boulevard’, is prized for its soft, feathery, blue-green foliage that often takes on a purplish hue in winter. Its naturally compact and slow-growing habit makes it an ideal choice for those seeking a small, manageable evergreen. Often referred to as a dwarf cypress fairy garden plant, it brings a serene, forest-like atmosphere to even the smallest of landscapes. Whether you’re creating an intricate fairy village or simply looking for a unique specimen for a patio pot, this cypress offers year-round beauty and graceful texture.

Our Boulevard Cypress live plant is shipped in a 2.5 inch pot, ready to be transplanted and enjoyed immediately. Its resilience and adaptability make it a popular choice for both novice and experienced gardeners. The unique coloration and fine texture of the foliage provide a striking contrast against other plants, ensuring it stands out as a focal point. This miniature tree is a fantastic way to introduce architectural interest and evergreen color to your outdoor or indoor miniature garden scenes.

Key Benefits

The Boulevard Cypress live plant offers a multitude of benefits that make it a highly desirable specimen for various gardening applications, particularly in small-scale designs.

• Compact Growth Habit: This particular cultivar of Chamaecyparis pisifera Boulevard is naturally slow-growing and maintains a small, conical shape, making it ideal for limited spaces like fairy gardens, rock gardens, and container plantings without requiring frequent pruning.
• Attractive Foliage: The soft, silvery-blue to blue-green needles are highly ornamental, providing year-round visual interest. In cooler temperatures, the foliage often develops beautiful purple tints, adding seasonal color.
• Versatile Placement: While often considered a hardy sun fairy plant, it can adapt to both full sun and partial shade conditions, offering flexibility in where it can be planted in your garden or displayed indoors.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, the Boulevard Cypress live plant is relatively low-maintenance, requiring minimal fuss to thrive. It’s an excellent choice for gardeners who prefer an easy-care plant.
• Excellent for Miniature Landscapes: Its dwarf size and elegant form make it a perfect living element for creating realistic and enchanting miniature scenes, providing scale and texture that complement other small plants and garden accessories.
• Drought Tolerance: After it has established its root system, this cypress shows good drought tolerance, reducing the need for constant watering.
• Evergreen Beauty: As an evergreen, it provides continuous color and structure throughout all seasons, preventing your garden from looking bare in winter.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Boulevard Cypress live plant is straightforward, ensuring it remains a vibrant and healthy part of your garden for years to come. This plant thrives in well-drained soil and prefers a location with adequate sunlight. For optimal growth, aim for at least 4-6 hours of direct sunlight per day, though it can tolerate partial shade, especially in hotter climates where afternoon shade can prevent scorching. When growing it as a mini tree for shade, ensure it still receives some bright, indirect light to maintain its vibrant foliage color.

Watering is crucial, especially during the establishment phase. While the Chamaecyparis pisifera Boulevard prefers consistently moist soil, it is intolerant of waterlogging. Ensure the soil has very good drainage to prevent root rot. Water deeply when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch, and reduce frequency during cooler months. Fertilize sparingly in early spring with a balanced, slow-release evergreen fertilizer, following the product’s instructions to avoid over-fertilization. Pruning is generally not necessary due to its slow growth, but any dead or straggly branches can be removed to maintain its attractive shape. This hardy sun fairy plant is generally pest-resistant, but keep an eye out for common garden pests and address them promptly if they appear.

Size & Details

This Boulevard Cypress live plant is provided in a 2.5 inch nursery pot, making it an ideal size for immediate placement in fairy gardens, terrariums, or as a small accent plant. It exhibits a slow growth rate, typically adding 2-6 inches in height annually, allowing it to remain a manageable size for many years. Mature specimens can reach heights of 5-10 feet in optimal conditions over a long period, but they are easily kept smaller through container culture or occasional light pruning. The plant’s mature spread is generally half its height, forming a naturally conical or pyramidal shape.

The Chamaecyparis pisifera Boulevard is hardy in USDA Zones 4-9, demonstrating excellent cold tolerance. Its compact nature and relatively shallow root system make it suitable for a variety of planting situations, from focal points in miniature landscapes to additions in mixed perennial borders. It will arrive as a healthy, established plant, carefully packaged to ensure its safe journey to your home, ready to continue its growth and enhance your garden or indoor space.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: The Boulevard Cypress live plant is a slow-growing dwarf variety, typically adding 2-6 inches per year. While it can eventually reach 5-10 feet tall in ideal conditions, it remains compact for a long time and is easily maintained at smaller sizes in pots or fairy gardens.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: This Boulevard Cypress live plant is shipped in a 2.5 inch nursery pot, making it perfectly sized for miniature landscapes and immediate transplanting into your chosen decorative container or garden spot.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Chamaecyparis pisifera Boulevard is primarily an outdoor plant, hardy in USDA Zones 4-9. However, it can be grown indoors in a bright location with good air circulation, especially when used as a mini tree for shade or in a terrarium.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: This hardy sun fairy plant prefers full sun to partial shade, meaning at least 4-6 hours of direct sunlight daily. In very hot climates, partial afternoon shade is beneficial to protect its delicate foliage.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the Boulevard Cypress live plant is considered relatively easy to care for. It requires well-draining soil, consistent moisture when young, and occasional fertilization. Its slow growth means minimal pruning is needed.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your Boulevard Cypress live plant will arrive as a healthy, actively growing plant in its 2.5 inch nursery pot, carefully packaged to minimize stress during transit and ensure it reaches you in excellent condition.
• Q: Can I use this in a fairy garden? A: Absolutely! Its compact size, attractive foliage, and slow growth make the Boulevard Cypress live plant an outstanding choice for fairy gardens and other miniature landscape designs. It creates a perfect miniature tree effect.
• Q: When is the best time to plant? A: Spring or early fall are generally the best times to plant your Boulevard Cypress live plant, allowing it to establish its root system before extreme temperatures. However, container-grown plants can be planted almost any time of year if properly cared for.
• Q: What’s the minimum temperature it can tolerate? A: This cypress is hardy down to USDA Zone 4, meaning it can tolerate winter temperatures as low as -30 to -20°F (-34 to -29°C) once established.