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Every Cryptomeria variety, A to Z
The complete Cryptomeria list, the genus most gardeners know as japanese cedar — all 25 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Cryptomeria hub instead.
B1
- Black Dragon CryptomeriaCryptomeria japonica 'Black Dragon'
C1
- Cryptomeria japonica Elegans NanaCryptomeria japonica 'Elegans Nana'
D3
- Dragon Prince CryptomeriaCryptomeria japonica 'Dragon Prince'
- Dwarf Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Globosa'
- Dwarf Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana'
G1
- Golden Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Elegans Aurea'
J11
- Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica
- Japanese Cedar CryptomeriaCryptomeria japonica 'Avid's Dragon'
- Japanese Cedar IkariCryptomeria japonica 'Ikari'
- Japanese Cedar JindaiCryptomeria japonica 'Jindai'
- Japanese Cedar SekkanCryptomeria japonica 'Sekkan'
- Japanese Cedar Taisho TamasugiCryptomeria japonica 'Taisho Tamasugi'
- Japanese Cedar TansuCryptomeria japonica 'Tansu'
- Japanese Cedar TsukumoCryptomeria japonica 'Tsukumo'
- Japanese Cedar Yellow TwigCryptomeria japonica 'Yellow Twig'
- Japanese CryptomeriaCryptomeria japonica 'Compressa'
- Japanese Cryptomeria AraucarioidesCryptomeria japonica 'Araucarioides'
K1
- Knaptonensis Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Knaptonensis'
M1
- Mitama Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Mitama'
R2
- Radicans Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Radicans'
- Rasen Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Rasen'
S1
- Spiraliter Falcata Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Spiraliter Falcata'
T1
- Tenzan Yatsabusa CryptomeriaCryptomeria japonica 'Tenzan Yatsabusa'
V1
- Vilmorin Dwarf Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Vilmoriniana'
Y1
- Yoshino Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino'
Cryptomeria list questions
How many Cryptomeria varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 25 distinct Cryptomeria varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Cryptomeria varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Cryptomeria varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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