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Cryptomeria japonica
Japanese Cedar
Origin: Native to Japan and southern China.
Mike's
Opinion
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A marginally hardy plant that is quite interesting in form and texture. It is prone to severe wind burn in our climate. Some interesting dwarf forms are also available.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Taxodiaceae (Cupressaceae) |
| Genus |
| Cryptomeria |
| Species |
| japonica |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5 - 9 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H6 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| - 20 - (-15) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| - 4 - 5 |
| Height |
| 4 - 8 m |
| Spread |
| 4 - 8 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Informal gardens and screen planting. |
| Cultivation |
| Full sun and partial-shade. Moist and well-drained soils. Prefers sand, clay, chalk and loam soils with a pH of acidic, alkaline and neutral. |
| Shape |
| Pyramidal, stout, upward and wide-spread. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Pests |
| Leaf blight and leaf spot. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Small, inconspicuous buds that are light green. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| It is green, very small and hard to see, less than 1 cm in length. |
| Leaf Description |
| Dense foliage with short awl-shaped leaves arranged spirally around branchlets. |
| Flower Description |
| It is monoecious, flowers are inconspicuous and dark brown. |
| Fruit Description |
| Female cones have 30 scales and each cone contains 5 fertile seeds. The cones are spherical. |
| Colour Description |
| Reddish-brown bark. Foliage is light green to bluish-green in the summer months. The needles appear bronze throughout the winter. The cones are green turning brown as it matures. |
| Texture Description |
| Fibrous bark. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara, Ontario. Pinetum Park. Pine Lodge Gardens, Cornwall, England. Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Seed and semi-hardwood cuttings. |
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