Yoshino Japanese Cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino'
A symmetrical, columnar form with densely packed, blue-green foliage that has a bronze cast in winter. Attractive bark is soft red with shredded surface texture. Good specimen. Plant in groves or linear plantings for windbreak or screening. Evergreen.
| Key feature: | Year-round Interest |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Garden style: | Asian/Zen |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 7 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 4 - 9, 14 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing 30 to 40 ft. tall, 20 to 30 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Growth habit: | Columnar |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Privacy Screen, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 0446 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
A semi-formal single specimen or plant in groves or woodland. Excellent background for contrasting seasonal accent trees. Suited to linear plantings for windbreak or screening.
Companion Plants
Plant with ground dwelling Gold Stripe Flax Lily, (Dianella tasmanica 'Yellow Stripe'), Lemon Leaf, (Gaultheria sahallon), Purple Gem Rhododendron, (Rhododendron x 'Purple Gem') and Cinnamon Fern, (Osmunda cinnamomea).
History
This evergreen conifer is classified in the Taxodiaceae with the bald cypress and redwoods of North America. This native of Japan and China was officially introduced to the west in 1842 and classified by Scots botanist David Don.
Lore
The similarity of this Asian tree to Sequoiadendron gigantium of California has led many botanists to believe they are closely related despite separation of continents by the Pacific, leading many to conclude they once inhabited the same primordial land m
A symmetrical, columnar form with densely packed, blue-green foliage that has a bronze cast in winter. Attractive bark is soft red with shredded surface texture. Good specimen. Plant in groves or linear plantings for windbreak or screening. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
A semi-formal single specimen or plant in groves or woodland. Excellent background for contrasting seasonal accent trees. Suited to linear plantings for windbreak or screening.
Companion Plants
Plant with ground dwelling Gold Stripe Flax Lily, (Dianella tasmanica 'Yellow Stripe'), Lemon Leaf, (Gaultheria sahallon), Purple Gem Rhododendron, (Rhododendron x 'Purple Gem') and Cinnamon Fern, (Osmunda cinnamomea).
History
This evergreen conifer is classified in the Taxodiaceae with the bald cypress and redwoods of North America. This native of Japan and China was officially introduced to the west in 1842 and classified by Scots botanist David Don.
Lore
The similarity of this Asian tree to Sequoiadendron gigantium of California has led many botanists to believe they are closely related despite separation of continents by the Pacific, leading many to conclude they once inhabited the same primordial land m
| Key feature: | Year-round Interest |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Garden style: | Asian/Zen |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 7 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 4 - 9, 14 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing 30 to 40 ft. tall, 20 to 30 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Growth habit: | Columnar |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Privacy Screen, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 0446 |
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