{"id":227,"date":"2010-09-25T15:07:32","date_gmt":"2010-09-25T19:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=227"},"modified":"2010-10-06T15:11:33","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T19:11:33","slug":"substitute-dwarf-cryptomeria-for-yews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/09\/25\/substitute-dwarf-cryptomeria-for-yews\/","title":{"rendered":"Substitute Dwarf Cryptomeria for Yews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/japanese_yew.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-275\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" title=\"Dwarf Cryptomeria\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/japanese_yew-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dwarf Cryptomeria\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>For better garden performance and different textural look around a home  foundation, plant the dwarf shrub forms of Japanese cedar (<em>Cryptomeria japonica<\/em>). Dwarf cryptomeria is an excellent substitute for Japanese yews (<em>Taxus spp<\/em>.) or &#8216;Helleri&#8217; hollies (<em>Ilex crenata<\/em>) which often struggle in heavy clay soils, particularly those poorly drained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Globosa  Nana&#8217; (photo) has a &#8220;cookie-cutter&#8221; round, globular form, and rarely  needs pruning.  &#8216;Globosa Nana&#8217; has bright green floiage and grows 3-6  feet tall and wide. The cultivar &#8216;Black Dragon&#8217; has dark green foliage  and a pyramidal growth habit (8-12 feet tall and 4-5 feet wide). Both  are planted as single specimens or grouped several together They are  slower growing than their taller 40-50 feet columnar counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptomerias  prefer well-drained, slightly acidic soil and are planted in an open  sunny location. Young shrubs are remarkably shade tolerant. Their dark  evergreen foliage turns a bronze to purple color during the coldest part  of winter. By early spring the bright or dark green color returns to  their short needles. Fertilize shrubs annually either in February or  March.<\/p>\n<p>Garden centers sell either balled and burlapped (b&amp;b)  or container-grown stock. Cryptomeria is best planted from February thru  October. This evergreen demonstrates superior heat and drought  tolerances once established in the landscape for two years.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For better garden performance and different textural look around a home foundation, plant the dwarf shrub forms of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica). Dwarf cryptomeria is an excellent substitute for Japanese yews (Taxus spp.) or &#8216;Helleri&#8217; hollies (Ilex crenata) which often struggle in heavy clay soils, particularly those poorly drained. &#8216;Globosa Nana&#8217; (photo) has a &#8220;cookie-cutter&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}