Description

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone: 7 – 10
Natural Range: Vietnam
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 50
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Pyramidal, becoming irregular and flat-topped with age.  Juvenile and transitional foliage present. 
Notes: Recently discovered species named in 2002, resulting in a new genus of Xanthocyparis.  Only a few hundred trees remain in the wild.  In its native habitat X. vietnamensis grows in mixed forests between 1,060 – 1180 m elevations.  Should prove to be much hardier.