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'
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
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
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'
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'
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'
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.