General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 4 to 10 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Needled
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Japanese Cedar
  • Sugi

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Location: Hillsborough, NC
Date: 2016-04-28
Cone and emerging growth cryptomeria - Black Dragon
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-02-14

Courtesy Avant Gardens
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Elizabethan Gardens, Dare County, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-06-21
Uploaded by ssgardener

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens
Location: Sooner Plant Farm in Oklahoma
Date: 2017-10-09
Black Dragon Cryptomeria

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

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