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I want to introduce you to a graceful evergreen conifer that you might not be familiar with, but deserves more use in our east Texas landscapes. Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) is a handsome evergreen tree, with short, dark to medium green needles clothing short shoots. The stems and branches are graceful, with a slight bending or drooping habit.

Japanese cedar trees are lovely evergreens that become more splendid as they mature. For Japanese cedar tree facts, including how to care for Japanese cedar, this article will help. Click here to learn more.

Cryptomeria japonica / Japanese cedar / Sugi / Japoninė kriptomerija. It is a very large evergreen tree, reaching up to 70 m tall and up to 5,2 m trunk diameter, with red-brown bark which peels in vertical strips.

Zone: 5-8Height: 2-3' x 2-3'Light Needs: Full to Part Sun A mid-size dense, compact evergreen conifer with rounded branches. Bright green needles in Spring that turn emerald green throughout the growing season with a purplish-bronze through the Winter. Slow-growing with a cushion-like rounded habit. Pruning is not necessary but if needed prune early Spring after threat of all

'Yoshino' Japanese cedar has a pyramidal shape and fragrant, blue-green needles. This award-winning evergreen is tolerant of cold and does not need pruning.

Japanese Cedar photo from Shutterstock A team of scientists from the Japan-based Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute just announced they have "successfully developed the first…

Cryptomeria Japonica or Japanese Cedar in a forest in the Azores.

Learn about the ingenious method cultivated in 15th century Japan for harvesting cedar. It's called daisugi, and it is like bonsai on a large scale.

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