Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 5 – 8

Height: 50 – 75

Spread: 10 – 20

Habit: Broad pyramidal, branches spreading, branchlets broadly frond-like, tops decurving

Light: Full sun

Soil: Moist, well-drained soil preferable

Flowers: Cones: inconspicuous

Fruit: short-stalked cones, 1/3 – 3/8 across

Landscape use: Useful as a specimen tree

History: Native range is Japan and Formosa; introduced in 1861

Pests\Problems: None serious

Significant Features: Dark green foliage is handsome; rich golden yellow changing to green within the interior foliage of the plant; yellowish at ends of sprays