Torreya nucifera

• BOTANICAL NAME: Torreya nucifera
• PRONUNCIATION: TOR-e-a new-CIF-er-a
• COMMON NAME: Japanese Torreya
• FAMILY: Taxaceae
• NATIVITY: Japan.
• GROWTH HABIT: Broad pyramidal.
• SIZE: 30'.
• HARDINESS: Zone 7 - 9.
• CULTURE: Sun with moist well drained soils. Avoid sweeping winter winds.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Good evergreen specimen with tight habit.
• FOLIAGE: Spirally arranged but spreading in a horizontal plane. Needle-like leaves 3/4 - 1" long and sharply pointed at the apex. Foliage dark green with two stomatal bands beneath. Crushed needles are quite aromatic.
• BUDS: Ovate with keeled scales.
• BARK: Two-year-old stems are reddish brown.
• FRUIT: Ellipsoidal, fleshy cone, about 1 - 1 1/4" long.
• PROPAGATION: Seed, cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS:

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