When planting your Black Dragon Japanese Cedar, choose either a sunny spot or one with a little dappled shade. It is also possible to produce a beautiful bonsai tree from this plant. With its twisting habit and swirling branches it really does look liking a rearing dragon and this effect can be increased with staking and pruning. Some trees show more bark than other, and since the reddish, peeling bark is an attractive feature, more can be exposed by selective pruning of branches. When young this tree has an open form, and every example is unique. New foliage is bright green and it slowly matures to darker shades, so that by mid-winter the tree appears almost black, which is of course where its name comes from. The needles are broad and stick out from the branches, giving a stiff feel to the tree and created an interesting ‘mood’.
In time the tree will reach around 10 feet tall, or even taller under ideal conditions, with a width about half its height. As your tree matures, the branches fill in and the tree becomes denser, more upright and broader. The Black Dragon Japanese Cedar has an upright form, but with irregular side branches that are almost horizontal, and swirl up at the tips. Growing Black Dragon Japanese Cedar Trees Your tree will be rich green in summer and make the perfect backdrop to the bright colors of flowering shrubs and trees. Its foliage turns a beautiful rich black-green in winter, looking beautiful throughout that dreary season, and especially striking against freshly-fallen snow. This is a tough, reliable plant that will grow to about 10 feet tall in time, with a spread of about 4 feet or perhaps a little more. The Black Dragon Japanese Cedar fits that description perfectly. So when planting the foundations of your garden and putting in evergreens, it is always a good idea to choose something that is both reliable and attractive, but which is not seen in every garden. Plant Hardinessĭwarf evergreens are essential parts of every garden, but some are grown so often they begin to lose their interest. Unlike other types of Japanese cedar, it will not turn brown in winter, but instead it retains its deep black-green foliage throughout the colder months. Although mature plants will tolerate some drought, this plant does best with regular watering. Plant your Black Dragon Japanese Cedar in a sunny or lightly-shaded location, in any well-drained soil. Easily trained into an Asian-themed specimen.Rich green foliage turns almost black in winter.Forms a small, upright bush of irregular form.Dramatic specimen plant with lots of character.It grows easily in any region with good rainfall and is hardy right into zone 5. Plant it in combination with other Asian plants, like Japanese Maples, for an easy Asian-style garden, or plant it as an unusual and eye-catching specimen in any garden at all. It brings a touch of drama to any garden, but it is especially useful in Asian-themed gardens, where a little pruning can heighten the exotic nature of this plant even more. It grows into a small tree perhaps eventually 10 feet tall and 5 feet across, but it can easily be kept smaller if needed.
The Black Dragon Japanese Cedar is a dramatic, upright plant with dark foliage and swirling branches that will rear up in your garden just like the dragon of its name. We've gotta protect good ole' Mother Nature, after all. While we wish we could serve everyone, it's for the safety of native species and helps prevent the spread of invasive disease & pests. The short & sweet answer is: "United States Department of Agriculture Restrictions." Every state has their own unique USDA restrictions on which plants they allow to come into their state. You will receive email notifications along the way on the progress of your order, as well as tracking information to track your plants all the way to their new home! Why are some states excluded from shipping? Orders typically ship out within 2 business days. How does the delivery process work?Īll of our orders ship via FedEx Ground! Once your order is placed online, our magic elves get right to work picking, staging, boxing and shipping your trees. You'll find we carry young 1-gallons, up to more mature 7-gallons ranging anywhere from 6 inches to 6ft. While the industry-standard terminology is to call the sizes "Gallon Containers", that doesn't exactly translate to the traditional liquid "gallon" size we think of. Nursery containers come in a variety of different sizes, and old-school nursery slang has stuck. All tree, and nothin' but the tree! We measure from the top of the soil to the top of the tree the height of the container or the root system is never included in our measurements.
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