General Description | This shrub is soft in appearance and has a globular growth habit. |
ID Characteristic | It can be identified by its round form. |
Shape | This shrub grows into a dense globe. |
Landscape | This shrub is useful in rock gardens, shrub borders and backgrounds in perennial garden beds. |
Propagation | This cultivar needs to be propagated from cuttings and grafted. It can also be propagated by air layering or tip layering. |
Cultivation | The Dwarf Japanese Cedar prefers full sun but does well in partial shade. It needs moist but well-drained soil that is fertile, and needs to be watered frequently. It tolerates acidic, alkaline, and neutral soils as well as clay, sandy, or loamy conditions. It is frost hardy but needs to be placed in an area sheltered from drying winds. It does not need regular pruning and it is fairly low-maintenance. |
Pests | It is generally pest and disease free. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Bark/Stem Description | The bark is thick and reddish brown with straight vertical furrows and is exfoliating. |
Leaf Description | The leaves are short and leathery; they overlap and curve inward slightly forming a whorled arrangement. |
Flower Description | The flowers are green or brown. |
Colour Description | The foliage is grey-green in the summer and turns reddish purple in autumn and winter. |
Texture Description | This shrub has a soft texture. |