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Cryptomeria japonica
BOTANICAL NAME:
Cryptomeria japonica
PRONUNCIATION:
Crip to MER ia ja PON ika
COMMON NAME: Japanese Cryptomeria
FAMILY:
Taxodiaceae
NATIVITY: China and Japan
GROWTH HABIT:
SIZE: 50-60' tall.
HARDINESS: Zone 5 - 9.
CULTURE:
LANDSCAPE USE:
FOLIAGE:
Evergreen, spirally arranged. Bright green to bluish green in summer,
bronze to brown in winter
.
BUDS:
BARK:
FRUIT:
Cones
,
female
PROPAGATION:
PESTS:
CULTIVARS:
`Elegans Nana'
`Yoshino'