Scientific Name:	Cryptomeria japonica 'Vilmoriniana'
Pronunciation:	krip-toe-MEER-ee-uh juh-PON-ih-kuh
Common Name:	globe Japanese cedar
Family Name:	Cupressaceae
Plant Type:	Conifer
Key ID Features:	Bark red-brown, exfoliating; leaves grey-green, point forward in 5-ranked spirals around shoots. Winter ID: leaves turn bronze.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Dense Form: Round Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Fall interest, Rock garden, Sheared hedge, Small garden/space Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Needle-like Arrangement: Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Acicular Apices: Aristate Bases: Truncate Margins: Entire Additional Info: turn purplish in the Fall

Inflorescence Type: n/a (male cone) Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Colour (petals): Male Cone, Green, Brown Flower Time at Peak: Jan, Feb

Fruit Type: Cone (winged seeds) Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time:

Bark Morphology: Exfoliating, Lightly fissured Bark or Stem Colour: Brown

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZW) GAZebo West : q.1 Location Map

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