Scientific name: Cryptomeria japonica 'Cristata' Description 'Cristata' is mostly known for its interesting cocks-comb shaped fasciations. Also known as the Crested Japanese Cedar, 'Cristata' was exported from Japan around 1900. Morphology: This is an ornamental conifer that can grow to 25' in height and 15' in width after many years. Cryptomeria japonica 'Cristata' is a fairly slender, pyramidal plant with dark green foliage and clumpy, congested areas of cristate growth (cockscombs) scattered throughout the branches. USDA Hardiness Map Plant Form Related products Pinus koraiensis 'Golden Eye' Korean Pine $ View Details Acer palmatum 'Hoofman' Specimen 2227 View Details
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Cryptomeria japonica ( Cristata Japanese Cedar ) 'Cristata' is a slender, pyramidal conifer with "cockscomb"-like branches and reddish peeling bark. Medium green, 1/4-1/2 inch long leaves occasionally turn bronzy-brown in winter. Produces brown female cones, each containing 3 to 5 seeds. Grows to 25 feet tall and spreads 15 feet. Cryptomeria japonica Common Name (s): Japanese Cedar Japanese Cryptomeria Phonetic Spelling krip-toh-MER-ee-uh juh-PON-ih-kuh Description Japanese cedar is a woody, needled evergreen tree in the Cupressaceae (cypress) family that is native to central and south Japan and China. Cryptomeria japonica 'Cristata' is a fast growing evergreen conifer tree or shrub with blue and green foliage. It can grow 5 FT - 12 FT - wide, 10 FT - 30 FT - tall. To grow well, it prefers sun - shade and even moisture water. Drought tolerant once established. Grows best in well-drained and rich soil. Japanese cedar, also commonly known as suji or by its botanical name Cryptomeria, is an evergreen conifer and national tree of Japan. It is called a cedar but is a cypress tree. It is a monotypic genus or a one-of-a-kind tree with all-season visual interest that grows upright, with a straight trunk, and is prized for its pinkish, aromatic timber. It grows best in full sun, requiring about six.
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Pronunciation: krip-tow-ME-ri-a ja-PON-i-ka Family: Taxodiaceae Genus: Cryptomeria Synonyms: Cupressus japonica Type: Conifer Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: No Conifer (but not a true cedar), evergreen tree, 50-60 ft (15-18 m), 180 ft (55 m) in the wild, narrow, pyramidal or conical, stout trunk, erect, wide-spreading branches. Cryptomeria japonica 'Cristata' An evergreen conifer, to around 4m high in 10 years, and up to 8m at maturity. It has fibrous, red-brown bark and distinctive contorted foliage, made up of fused and flattened branches resembling cockscombs Synonyms Cryptomeria japonica 'Sekka-sugi' Join the RHS today and save 25% Join now < > © visionspictures.com Cryptomeria japonica, commonly called Japanese cedar or sugi, is a slender, pyramidal, evergreen conifer with tiered horizontal branching, which is slightly pendulous at the tips. Japanese cedar is a monotypic genus unrelated to the true cedars ( Cedrus ). Cryptomeria is called a cedar because it has some of the characteristics of 'true' cedar ( Cedrus) - evergreen, aromatic foliage - but this is a catch-all name, and it's important to always add 'Japanese' when you call it a cedar, to avoid confusion. For some more on the various plants all called cedar, check out this earlier blog.
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Cryptomeria (literally "hidden parts") is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae. It includes only one species, Cryptomeria japonica ( syn. Cupressus japonica L.f. ). It used to be considered by some to be endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi ( 杉). [2] Cryptomeria japonica Figure 1. Middle-aged Japanese-Cedar. Japanese-Cedar1 Edward F. Gilman and Dennis G. Watson2 INTRODUCTION The tree keeps a billowy pyramidal form on one central trunk until close to maturity when the crown opens up into an irregular, narrow oval (Fig. 1). It will reach a height of about 50 feet and spread about 20 feet.
Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans' - Plume Japanese Cedar. One of our most popular conifers, 'Elegans' has dense, soft, non-prickly juvenile foliage that turns rich copper red in winter, and back to blue-green with bronze tips in spring. It looks great as a backdrop for white-barked Birch (Betula) or mixed with gold-toned conifers. Grows into. Cryptomeria japonica 'Cristata'. Evergreen. Conical shape unusual conifer. New growing tips are often fasciated. Height shown over 10yrs. It thrives in full sun to light or open shade. It prefers a site with well-drained soil, but it will tolerate sandy or clay soils. During dry weather provide occasional watering.
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Japanese cedarTree, EvergreenFamily: Cupressaceae Height: 12m Spread: 8m Hardy Autumn colour Flower colour: Foliage colour: Position Soil Cryptomeria japonica evergreen conifer forming a cone of bright green foliage, which emerges yellow in spring and takes on attractive blue tones in winter. Spherical cones are borne in autumn. Cryptomeria Japonica 'Cristata' is mostly known for it's interesting cocks-comb shaped fasciations. Along with the very interesting fasciations you get a very attractive loosely branched, upright tree with bright green foliage.. Also known as the Crested Japanese Cedar, 'Cristata' was exported from Japan around 1900.10
