Cryptomeria Japonica Elegans ☼ full sun/ partial shade ❅hardy ✿ evergreen

• 6 Feb, 2013
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Preferred common nameJapanese cedar 'Elegans Compacta'
FamilyCupressaceae

Cryptomeria are large evergreen trees with attractive red-brown bark and dense foliage consisting of short awl-shaped leaves arranged spirally around the branchlets; cones are spherical

'Elegans Compacta' is a bushy, evergreen conifer to 2m, with persistent juvenile foliage; leaves long and soft, turning purple in winter

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Awards
Award of Garden Merit
How to growSunlight
Full sun Part shade Aspect
South-facing, North-facing, West-facing or East-facing
Sheltered
Cultivation
Grows in any moist but well-drained soil in a sheltered position. No formal pruning required. Is one of few conifers that will coppice successfully
Soil
Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline or Neutral
Chalk, Clay, Sand or Loam
Propagation
Propagate by seed or semi-hardwood cuttings

Suggested planting locations and garden types
Architectural, City/Courtyard Gardens, Cottage/Informal Garden, Low Maintenance or Rock Garden

How to carePruning
No pruning required

Pests
Generally pest free
Diseases
Generally disease free
CharacteristicsPlant type
Conifer

Habit
Bushy

ResilienceHardiness
H4 (hardy)
ColourFoliage
Green in Autumn, Spring and Summer
Purple in Winter

SizeUltimate height
1.5-2.5 metres

Ultimate spread
1-1.5 metres

Time to ultimate height
20-50 years