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Sawara Cypress |
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Sawara False Cypress |
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Sawara |
Plant Habit: | Tree |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
Plant Height: | 40 to 70 feet, to 120 in native Japanese wild |
Plant Spread: | 15 to 20 feet |
Leaves: | Evergreen Needled |
Uses: | Provides winter interest |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant |
Pollinators: | Wind |
Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |
Conservation status: | Least Concern (LC) |
As the sun came out, my day at Hampton Court beside the River Thames was getting better, apart from the odd shower. Now I could at last get out and wander on this hallowed ground. Join me as I finish in the floral marquee and go for another trek.
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Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2019 8:37 PM 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. [ Reply to this comment | |
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What is this tree? by euophrys | Sep 8, 2020 2:12 PM | 3 |
What is this conifer-like tree? by euophrys | Oct 23, 2019 2:31 PM | 3 |
What plant is this please? by pookie171717 | Aug 19, 2019 8:17 PM | 4 |
Tree ID and questions please by gross4160 | Jul 9, 2019 8:30 PM | 1 |
Tree Identification by americancharm | Mar 26, 2019 2:32 PM | 1 |
Unknown Conifer? Juniper? by PATRICK66 | Dec 12, 2018 11:20 AM | 12 |
Bagworms WANTED: yes you read it right! by GregC | Jun 17, 2020 6:42 PM | 32 |
Bug spoiled a whole plant, spreading to others, flying on house wall by ramyagaddam | Jun 21, 2018 9:00 AM | 8 |
Plant ID request (II) by 3mark | Aug 7, 2016 6:02 AM | 19 |
Chartreuse - no flowers by LisaOsgood | Jun 9, 2016 12:12 PM | 5 |