Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans Compacta'
Japanese cedar 'Elegans Compacta'
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. New:
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Japanese cedar 'Elegans Compacta'
Latin name
Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans Compacta'
type
Coniferous tree
family
Cupressaceae
ph
6.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
2.00 M
2.00 M
Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans Compacta'
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. New:
Planting young plants
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Can be grown in a container or planted into the garden in any moist and water retentive soil with a high organic content. Requires a sheltered position, protected from strong winds, in dappled sun or partial shade. For container growing, place in a protected site, preferably with light dappled shade. For garden growing, plant in flower borders and beds or rock gardens.