Description
C. japonica – Japanese Cedar – This conical or columnar, coniferous tree from Japan quickly grows 80-90′ feet tall and 20′ feet wide, in 10 years it can reach 20-25′ feet tall.It can have a massive trunk with straight, vertical furrows.It produces mid to deep green leaves, to ½” long, turning bronze to brown in winter.Bears brown female cones, each scale with 3-5 seeds
‘Globosa Nana’
– is a low growing cultivar and makes a dense ball which is soft to the
touch and plain green
Tolerates most well drained soils,
although it grows best in deep, fertile, moist but well drained, humus rich
soil in a sheltered site in full sun or partial shade.
Zones 6-9
