Cryptomeria japonica

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cryptomeria japonica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cryptomeria japonica, Don. Tree, attaining 125 ft.: Lvs. linear- subulate, compressed and slightly 4- or 3-angled, bluish green, ½-l in. long: cone brownish red, ¾-l in. across. S.Z. 124. H.I. 7:668. R.H. 1887, p. 392. Gng. 4:197. F.E. 10:510. G.F. 6:446.—Of the garden forms, the most desirable is var. elegans. Beissn. (C. Regans, Veitch). Low, dense tree, with horizontal branches and pendulous branchlets: Lvs. linear, flattened, soft, spreading, longer than in the type, bright green, changing to bronzy red in fall and winter. Very handsome when young, but short-lived. Var. araucaroides, Carr. Of regular pyramidal habit, with short, thick falcate Lvs., resembling Araucaria excelsa. Var. compacta, Beissn. Of very compact habit, with bluish green foliage. Var. pyramidalis, Carr. Of narrow pyramidal compact habit, dark bluish green, not changing to reddish brown during winter. Var. Lobbii, Carr. Of compact habit, with shorter and more ap- pressed bright and deep green Lvs. Var. nana, Knight. Dwarf and procumbent, densely branched form; adapted for rockeries. Var. spiralis, Veitch. Slender shrub, with strongly falcate Lvs., twisted spirally around the branchlets. b.Z. 124, fig. 4. Alfred Rehder. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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