Plant: Koshyi - Cryptomeria
Cryptomeria · Cryptomeria japonica 'Koshyi'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
‘Koshyi’ (also sold as ‘Koshiji’) is a true dwarf and one of the slowest-growing forms of Japanese Cryptomeria. Over 10 years it reaches about 2 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It spreads wider than it grows tall, forming a dense mound with a flat to rounded top. The soft, light green foliage holds its texture year-round, giving small spaces a fine-textured evergreen accent.
Its compact size and slow growth make ‘Koshyi’ well suited to fairy gardens, rock gardens, miniature railroad gardens, containers, and other tight spots where a full-size conifer would outgrow its space.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 2 ft tall and 3 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
‘Koshyi’ (also sold as ‘Koshiji’) is a true dwarf and one of the slowest-growing forms of Japanese Cryptomeria. Over 10 years it reaches about 2 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It spreads wider than it grows tall, forming a dense mound with a flat to rounded top. The soft, light green foliage holds its texture year-round, giving small spaces a fine-textured evergreen accent.
Its compact size and slow growth make ‘Koshyi’ well suited to fairy gardens, rock gardens, miniature railroad gardens, containers, and other tight spots where a full-size conifer would outgrow its space.
- Foliage
- Evergreen bright or blue green needles about three quarters of an inch long, awl shaped and spirally arranged, giving a foxtail effect; some selections bronze in winter.
- Fruit
- Female seed cones are round, brown and rosette looking, borne singly or in groups on terminal branches.
- Bark & stems
- Showy reddish brown bark that exfoliates and peels off in long strips; branches are whorled and horizontally spreading to slightly drooping.
- Light
- Dappled/Filtered Light
- Native range
- Central and South Japan and China
