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CRYPTOMERIA (Japanese Cedar)

CRYPTOMERIA japonica 'Black Dragon'

Black Dragon Cryptomeria

Height: 4-5' Zone: 5
New compact variety with a pyramidal shape, and compact, dark green (almost black) needles.  Very stiff, almost rigid feel when touched.  Great little specimen tree that is sure to draw interest from everyone.
#6 container
#7 container
5-6'
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CRYPTOMERIA japonica 'Elegans Nana'

Elegans Nana Cryptomeria

Height: 4-5'  Width: 4-5' Zone: 5
Dark green needles arranged in numerous branchlets create a graceful broadly pyramidal habit.  Compact mounded growth habit.  Foliage is soft and grows overlapping awl-like scales. Blue green juvenile foliage turning purplish in winter.  Great for a specimen tree.
3½-4' Specimen
4-5' Specimen
 
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CRYPTOMERIA japonica 'Gyokuryu'

Gyokuryu Japanese Cedar

Height: 5-10'  Width: 3-7' Zone: 5
Interesting irregular pyramidal habit creates a unique silhouette in the landscape.  Use as an individual specimen or plant in groups for greater interest.  Deep green foliage does not become bronze in winter.
#7 container

 

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CRYPTOMERIA japonica 'Kitayama'

Kitayama Cryptomeria

Height: 15-18'  Width: 8-10' Zone: 6
This fast-growing, seedling selection from Kiyoto, Japan, has greater winter hardiness, better habit, and more attractive winter green than other narrow, upright selections including the more widely known Yoshino.
8-10'
10-12'
 
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CRYPTOMERIA japonica 'Radicans'

Blue Green Japanese Cedar

Height: 40-50'  Width: 8-12' Zone: 5
Blue-green dense foliage clothes this beautiful specimen or hedge.  Foliage retains its rich color throughout winter without bronzing.  Rapid growth rate.  Less susceptible to tip blight than other varieties of Cryptomeria japonica.
#7 container
7-8'
12-14'
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CRYPTOMERIA japonica 'Sekkan Sugi'

Sekkan Sugi Cryptomeria

Height: 25-35'  Width: 10-12' Zone: 5
Evergreen shrub with spirally arranged foliage.  New growth is golden yellow in spring and turns to dark green throughout the growing season.  Green cones when young turning brown in fall.  Used as a specimen.
6-7'
7-8'
12-14'
14-16'
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CRYPTOMERIA japonica 'Yoshino'

Yoshino Japanese Cryptomeria

Height: 30-50' Zone: 5
A conical-shaped evergreen that maintains its blue-green foliage though the heat of summer turning bronze in winter.  Reddish brown bark.  This vigorous grower is a good choice as it maintains it shape without extensive pruning.
#15 container
#25 container
5-6'
6-7'
7-8'
8-10'
10-12'
12-14'
14-16'
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