for the love a cryptomerias

8 months ago

A few photos of my cryptomerias. Unfortunately I don't remember all the cultivar names, nonetheless, I love how they grow in my PNW garden. Emjoy!

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zephyrgal pacific nw
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8 months ago

Maackia, so far so good. Yesterday and today we were blasted with 90 and above heat. The hydarangeas and gunner in the upper garden are fried but the crypts are doing good in the front garden and back. Yes, the heat dome of 2021 really did a number on the coastal spruce and firs, It was awfull to see the browning of all the needles along the north Oregon coast. As the crows fly I'm about 2 miles inland, nestled in the woods along the Nehalem River.

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bengz6westmd
8 months ago
last modified: 8 months ago
Nice pics of different selections.

Love the crptomerias, sort of the "redwood" of Japan. Here in z6 they're at their cold limit, but I've seen some cultivar (Yoshino?) that looks good even after a cold winter. Straight species would get pretty browned around here after a cold winter. VA State arboretum has some large, old specimens w/stringy, reddish trunk bark.
FrozeBudd_z3/4
8 months ago
Such beautiful soft textured specimens, too bad my far north climate excludes them.
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zephyrgal pacific nw
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8 months ago
Two more crypts.
BillMN-z-2-3-4
8 months ago
Very nice specimens.

Like Frozebudd, we're too cold to grow them but would if we could. :-)

Thanks for posting!
zephyrgal pacific nw thanked BillMN-z-2-3-4
plantkiller_il_5
8 months ago
Thanks for posting !

ron
maackia
8 months ago
I'll join the chorus of upper Midwest gardeners wishing we grow them. Yours look great! I'm curious, did the blast of extreme heat in 2021 cause any browning? I recently read an article by John Albers and David Perry who reported extensive browning on a variety of conifers following this event, with firs taking the biggest hit.