An elegant conifer, rare in western gardens. Suited best to damp climates as drier conditions may cause excessive browning of the needles. A real connoisseur's tree. The colouration of the needles and branches ranges from blue-green on new growth, through bright green on older material to bright...
This tree, if given bright sun and plenty of moisture, will grow rapidly and can attain heghts in excess of 15m (50ft) in 20 years. The bright green foliage turns golden-orange in the fall, and then drops to expose the red-brown bark of the trunk. May be suitable for Bonsai culture, but little data...
This conical conifer has downcurved branches, fissured, red-brown bark and gray-green leaves. Height is 80-260 feet. Excellent (though ultimately very large) specimen tree.
Curious, cone-shaped "knees" grow above the soil in particularly wet sites. These knees help stabilizes the tree. Bright green, two-ranked leaves turn rust colour in the autumn before falling. This columnar deciduous conifer eventually reaches a height of 39 meters (130 feet).
