{"id":5721,"date":"2013-11-19T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=5721"},"modified":"2013-11-18T13:38:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T18:38:46","slug":"pyramidal-forms-of-cryptomeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2013\/11\/19\/pyramidal-forms-of-cryptomeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyramidal Forms Of Cryptomeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria)<\/p><\/div>
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Needle foliage of cryptomeria<\/p><\/div>
\nCryptomeria, aka Japanese cedar, (Cryptomeria japonica<\/em>) is an evergreen conifer native to China and Japan. It rated to be very long-lived (USDA hardiness zones 6 to 10). Some cultivars may be hardy in 5-b as well.<\/p>\n

There are many forms of cryptomerias, ranging from dwarf globe-shaped shrubs to narrow pyramidal trees. Needle foliage may be green or golden sometimes contorted. Heights vary from 6 to 80 feet in height and 3 to 20 feet in width. All thrive in open full sun and good air circulation; they prefer an average moist well-drained acidic to neutral pH soil.<\/p>\n

Pyramidal forms develop into beautiful evergreen privacy screens or hedges. Two to three year old established cryptomerias are superior to Leyland Cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii<\/em>) in blizzard-proned and high wind areas. Young plants should be trained to a single leader. Cryptomerias suffer from few disease and pest problems. Prune off any discolored foliage as fungal blights cause inner foliage browning.<\/p>\n

Five most popular pyramidal forms:<\/strong>
\n\u2018Yoshino\u2019 is far and away the most popular cultivar, with a rapid growth rate (40 to 50 feet tall, 1\/2 that in width) and bright green summer foliage; in zone 7 and areas north, typically foliage takes on a bronze winter tinge.<\/p>\n

\u2018Ben Franklin\u2019 grows slightly slower, more compact and darker green foliage than Yoshino. Similar height and width as Yoshino.<\/p>\n

\u2018Radicans\u2019 exhibits an upright, pyramidal form to 20 to 30 feet tall and 7 to 10 ft. wide in 12-15 years; popular choice in zone 7 gardens for its dark green non-bronzing foliage.<\/p>\n

\u2018Black Dragon’ is 10 by 10 feet slow grower with dark green foliage.<\/p>\n

\u2018Gyokuryu\u2019 is \u201cthe Yoshino for small gardens\u201d with a dense pyramidal form and dark green non-bronzing foliage; grows 5 to 6 feet in 10 years (10 to 15 feet in maybe 20 years).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cryptomeria, aka Japanese cedar, (Cryptomeria japonica) is an evergreen conifer native to China and Japan. It rated to be very long-lived (USDA hardiness zones 6 to 10). Some cultivars may be hardy in 5-b as well. There are many forms of cryptomerias, ranging from dwarf globe-shaped shrubs to narrow pyramidal trees. Needle foliage may be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,728,1049,778,674,806,604,936,630,646,7,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721"}],"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=5721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5730,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721\/revisions\/5730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}