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Cèdre du Japon Elegans - Cryptomeria japonica
Cèdre du Japon Elegans - Cryptomeria japonica
Cèdre du Japon Elegans - Cryptomeria japonica
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Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans' is a variety of Japanese Cedar with moderate growth, whose foliage beautifully colours in autumn and winter. This medium-sized conifer has a widely conical and slightly irregular habit, with semi-trailing branches covered in soft and very gentle foliage, giving it a feathery appearance. Superb in large beds, as a standalone specimen, or to create a green screen, this very reliable variety will grow without difficulty in any well-drained garden soil without excessive limestone, in most not too cold regions.
Cryptomeria japonica is a very large conifer of the taxodiaceae family native to Japan. In its country of origin, this tree is commonly planted around religious temples. It is a species that thrives in a mild oceanic climate, humid all year round and mild in winter. In Asia, this forest tree with sequoia-like appearance can reach up to 60m in height, with a trunk diameter of 4m covered in vertical strips of reddish-brown bark. In our latitudes, it still reaches a height of 30 to 40m. The evergreen foliage of this conifer is composed of curved needles arranged in spirals around the branchlets. The Japanese Cedar has given rise to numerous cultivars selected for their small size, foliage appearance, cold resistance, and better tolerance to our soils and average climates.
The 'Elegans' variety was imported from Japan by Thomas Lobb from Britain in 1854. It is a juvenile form of Cryptomeria japonica that maintains moderate dimensions and its beautiful feathery foliage throughout its life. This conifer has a bushy, widely conical and very flexible habit, as well as dense vegetation. Mature specimens often show an irregular habit, sometimes composed of several overlapping columns if secondary trunks have not been removed in their youth. This small tree, which grows rather quickly during its early years, will reach 6 to 7m high and 3m wide after many years. Its wood is reddish-brown, and it has the beautiful fibrous bark typical of the species, also reddish-brown. Its delicate, non-prickly foliage ranges from a beautiful tender green to a deeper shade in summer and takes on beautiful bronze, copper and brown hues, with violet or bronze-green highlights when exposed to cold. It covers numerous slightly trailing branches. This variety is hardy down to -15°C, but it requires shelter from cold and dry winds and scorching sun. The tree sometimes produces small brown cones.
Cryptomeria japonica Elegans deserves to be better known and planted in gardens, in climates that are not too harsh or too dry. With its personality, discreet elegance, beautiful autumn and winter colours, and moderate growth, it is a perfect plant to bring life to the garden during the dull season. It can be planted in large beds, as a hedge, or as a standalone specimen. It can be associated with dwarf conifers with trailing (Juniperus horizontalis Blue Chip), rounded, or columnar habits, of different colours, or planted as a standalone specimen to mark the curve of a path or a shaded stair. Finally, the architectural qualities of conifers naturally impose themselves in the design of a contemporary garden.
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The wood of the Japanese Cedar is pleasantly fragrant, with a beautiful pink-red colour, lightweight but robust and rot-resistant. It is widely used in Japan in all types of construction, both outdoors and indoors.
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Cryptomeria japonica Elegans is best planted from September to November and from February to June in ordinary, deep, well-worked, not excessively chalky, well-drained, preferably moist, rather fertile, even slightly chalky, neutral or acidic soil. It only dislikes excessively dry or too shallow soils, or on the contrary soils which are heavy and waterlogged in winter. Choose a semi-shaded location, especially in very sunny regions. This variety doesn't like dry and cold winds that scorch its young shoots. Soak the root balls well before planting. Add organic fertiliser at planting and water generously in the first years, and in prolonged drought. Once well established and rooted, this Japanese cedar will manage on its own. Apply a special conifer fertiliser every year in April and cultivate the soil in summer. This conifer is hardy to at least -15°C. Pruning is not necessary, but make sure to keep only one central leader at the top in young plants.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
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In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
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In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
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