Cryptomeria japonica 'LITTLE CHAMPION'

Cryptomeria japonica 'LITTLE CHAMPION'
dwarf Japanese cedar

SIZE/TYPE	medium-sized shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	0.5-1m
USUAL WIDTH	0.5-1.3m
LEAVES	evergreen conifer
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	insignificant or non-blooming
LOCATION	full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5b (down to -27°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Conifers

Little Champion is a witche’s broom of another Japanese cedar variety called Gracilis, found in Europe. It is very similar to Globosa Nana variety but has slightly different foliage and shape and grows smaller.

Little Champion is a dense, compact conifer with rounded branches that look like woven rope. The needles are curved, inward-pointing, bright green as they emerge and emerald green in all seasons apart from winter when they turn purplish or bronze. It grows very slowly into a compact, cushion-like bush that is more rounded with age. 10-year-old plants are a little over half a meter tall, and some 70 cm wide.

This compact cedar will grow in almost any well-drained soil, but for best results grow it in fertile, deep, always moist soil. It requires no maintenance, pruning is not necessary but can be trimmed in early spring after all frosts. It is very hardy - it will withstand about -27°C without protection (USDA zone 5b).

Last update 09-02-2012

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
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SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
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FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.