Sawara Cypress ‘Filip’s Happy Day’ 10/20cm (1L)
Chamaecyparis pisifera
£13.55
Sawara Cypress ‘Filip’s Happy Day’ is a delightful evergreen for UK gardens. This Chamaecyparis pisifera cultivar boasts attractive cream and green variegated foliage and a compact, broadly conical form. It’s a hardy, slow-growing choice that brings year-round colour and texture to any outdoor space.
- ✓ Add a touch of joy with Filip's Happy Day Sawara Cypress - Chamaecyparis pisifera, perfect for UK gardens.
- ✓ Boasts bright green, feathery foliage in a dense, mounded shape, ideal for small gardens and containers.
- ✓ Thrives in well-drained soil, preferring sunny to partially shaded locations for optimal growth.
- ✓ Slow-growing and easy to maintain, making it a great choice for busy gardeners and small spaces.
- ✓ Quality UK grown stock from Yarrow Gardens - DEFRA Registered Supplier
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Sawara Cypress ‘Filip’s Happy Day’ is a charming dwarf conifer that brings a splash of cheerful colour to UK gardens. This compact evergreen is prized for its bright, creamy-white foliage that creates a striking contrast against other plants in the garden. The soft, feathery texture of its leaves adds a delightful tactile quality, inviting you to reach out and touch it.
One of the most appealing aspects of ‘Filip’s Happy Day’ is its slow growth rate and compact size. It typically reaches only about 1 metre in height and width over 10 years, making it perfect for small gardens, rock gardens, or container planting. Its manageable size also means it won’t outgrow its space, a common concern with many conifers.
This variety of Sawara Cypress is remarkably low-maintenance, requiring little pruning to maintain its naturally rounded, mound-like shape. It’s also quite hardy, tolerating a range of soil types as long as they’re well-drained. ‘Filip’s Happy Day’ thrives in full sun to partial shade, with the best colour development occurring in brighter locations.
The year-round appeal of ‘Filip’s Happy Day’ is another reason for its popularity. Its creamy-white foliage provides a bright spot in the garden throughout the seasons, standing out particularly well against darker green plants or red-leaved shrubs. In winter, when many plants are dormant, this little cypress continues to shine, adding structure and colour to the garden.
Sawara Cypress ‘Filip’s Happy Day’ is an excellent choice for adding texture and contrast to mixed borders. It pairs beautifully with other dwarf conifers, creating interesting combinations of colour and form. In rock gardens, it can serve as a focal point, its bright foliage drawing the eye and breaking up the hardscape.
This variety is also well-suited to container gardening. Its slow growth and compact size make it ideal for pots on patios or balconies, where it can bring a touch of year-round greenery to smaller outdoor spaces. When planted in containers, it’s important to ensure good drainage and to water regularly, especially during dry spells.x
Ultimate height
0.5–1 metres
Time to ultimate height
10–20 years
Ultimate spread
0.5–0.6 metres
🇬🇧 UK Grown. Approx 10/20cm in a 1 litre pot.
Delivery
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With regret, we can no longer send items out to Northern Ireland. All live plants need a phytosanitary checks and DAERA must be notified. This process is simply too expensive at the moment.
Returns
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Medium Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £7.95 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £28.95 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcel Force) | £24.95 (Flat) | |
Pallet Courier - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) |
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