Cryptomeria japonica 'Little Diamond'
Little Diamond Dwarf Japanese Cedar
Cryptomeria are evergreen trees with attractive red-brown bark and dense foliage consisting of short awl-shaped leaves arranged spirally around the branchlets; cones are spherical. 'Little Diamond' is a slow growing cultivar which features unique star-shaped growth. Compact and mounding habit. Growth rate is slow and it grows to 1m in ten years.
Contributed by @cathyh
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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
Little Diamond Dwarf Japanese Cedar
Latin name
Cryptomeria japonica 'Little Diamond'
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
0.50 M
1.50 M
Cryptomeria japonica 'Little Diamond'
Cryptomeria are evergreen trees with attractive red-brown bark and dense foliage consisting of short awl-shaped leaves arranged spirally around the branchlets; cones are spherical. 'Little Diamond' is a slow growing cultivar which features unique star-shaped growth. Compact and mounding habit. Growth rate is slow and it grows to 1m in ten years.
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.
cathyh
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