Garden centers typically display plants by their types – trees, shrubs, perennials, vegetables, and so on. Gardeners, on the other hand, aren’t always looking for particular plants or plant types.

With bright green foliage and a compact habit, Dragon Prince™ Cryptomeria from the Southern Living Plant Collection is the ultimate low-maintenance evergreen for gardens of all sizes. Fine, stiff ...

What: This dwarf Japanese cedar has an interesting short-tufted growth pattern, forming an irregular pyramidal shape. The tight congested branching of Cryptomeria japonica “Tansu” has a sculptural ...

* Botanical name:Cryptomeria japonica 'Black Dragon' * What it is: A slow-growing, compact, loosely pyramidal evergreen with soft, dark-green needles. * Size: 10-12 feet tall, 5-6 feet wide in about ...

This dwarf, evergreen shrub is a very old Japanese cultivar. Likely to have first appeared in Europe under the cultivar names ‘Mitama’ or ‘Mitama-sugi,’ it was first described by Murray Hornibrook in ...

This compact evergreen makes a big impact in containers and small gardens. Southern Living Plant Collection With bright green foliage and a compact habit, Dragon Prince™ Cryptomeria from the Southern ...

What: Cryptomeria japonica “Vilmoriniana” is a captivating dwarf form of Japanese cedar for its short and dense branching, which creates a small rounded form to 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide in 10 years.