General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Tree
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Soil pH Preferences: |
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 8b
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| Plant Height: |
40 to 70 feet, to 120 in native Japanese wild |
| Plant Spread: |
15 to 20 feet |
| Leaves: |
Evergreen
Needled
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| Uses: |
Provides winter interest
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
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| Pollinators: |
Wind
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| Miscellaneous: |
Monoecious
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| Conservation status: |
Least Concern (LC)
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- Sawara Cypress
- Sawara
- Sawara False Cypress
Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2019 8:37 PM concerning plant:
I occasionally see this tree planted in yards and landscapes southeast Pennsylvania and in the Chicago area; not lots of them. It is the mother species from which many mutated cultivars have been selected. Small needles in flattened, two-ranked branchlets. Tiny brown cones about 1/4 inch long and wide with 6 to 8 scales. Grows about 1.5 feet/year. Native to Japan. It makes a nice coniferous tree. Please don't plant any right along the East Coast where the Atlantic Whitecedar grows, lest it would contaminate the native species somehow with pollen.
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