Pisifera/pisiferus Literally, pea-bearing.
Pinnule The leaflet of a pinna; a secondary leaflet of a pinnately decompound leaf.
Pistil The female part of a flower composed of ovary, style and stigma.
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Bright Gold'
Sawara or Japanese falsecypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera) and its many cultivars make great accent plants, offering a variety of foliage forms and variegations.
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa Compressa'. Dwarf. Compact, bushy habit with foliage emerging a creamy yellow green that changes to medium green later in the year. (Zone 4) ...
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Mop' (Sawara cypress)
A low, mounding plant with yellow, threadlike foliage, this tree grows five feet high and seven feet wide and is hardy from Zones 4 to 8.
Erica carnea 'Golden Starlet' (winter heath) ...
Soft-textured foliage is irresistible to the touch, as in the woolly leaves of lamb's ears (Stachys byzantina) or the shaggy mop shape of the little conifer Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'.
On the "soccer field" side of the hedge are standards of golden threadleaf falsecypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'). A still-bare apple tree displays its fine form.
More Garden tour: Improvised impressionism
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' rhododendron is very popular here for its reliable bud hardiness, but its purple foliage is the attraction now. The golden color of false cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera `Gold Thread') looks stunning in late afternoon sun.
 See also: Flower, Plant, Shrub, Evergreen, Spring
  
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