Hinoki Cypress

 

I learn something about my plants every year and every day.

As I adjusted the Christmas lights on my little (dwarf) hinoki cypress the first week of December I spotted little brown growths. I have shaken off the dead growth of hinoki in PVB's yard and in my daughter's yard. I have been up close and personal to this evergreen. I have never seen any tiny cones!

Of course, an evergreen produces cones. That is how it reproduces! Does it need a partner?

I haven't been able to find out much about the tiny cones yet, but the female specimen apparently produces green cones which develop into a reddish brown. 

So cute!