Japanese cypress - Japanese cypress

…It is also used more as a garden tree and hedge than the Japanese cypress, and there are many horticultural varieties. Some of the unusual shapes include Hiyokuhiba (Itohiba) with its thin, drooping branches and leaves, Himuro with its needle-like leaves that are seen on seedlings up until the summer of the year they are sown and are pale green in color, Tamahimuro with its cylindrical, spherical leaves when not pruned, and Shinobuhiba with its thin, pointed leaves that are often used as hedges. There are also beautiful color variations, such as Ogonsawara, Ogonhiyokuhiba, Ogonshinobuhiba (Hotaruhiba, market name Nikkohiba), which have new leaves that are golden in color, and Fuirihiba, which turns white. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Itohiba" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…また庭園樹，生垣としての利用はヒノキに勝るほどで，園芸品種も多い。枝葉が細長く垂れるヒヨクヒバ(イトヒバ)，葉が播種（はしゆ）当年夏までの苗にみられるような針状葉のみでその色も青白緑色のヒムロ，刈り込まずに全体が円柱状球形になるタマヒムロ，葉が細長くとがり生垣に多く用いられるシノブヒバなどは形の変わったものである。色変りにも，新葉の黄金色になるオウゴンサワラ，オウゴンヒヨクヒバ，オウゴンシノブヒバ(ホタルヒバ，市場名日光ヒバ)，白色になるフイリヒバなど美しいものがある。…

※「イトヒバ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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