Cryptomeria japonica 'Kitayama' is a good growing, rather slender upright small tree to a height of 4 - 7 m. It forms a continuous central branch and initially has a somewhat loose, open structure, but as the tree ages, the branching also becomes denser. The foliage is light green to medium green and remains a beautiful green even in winter.
This somewhat lesser-known cultivar has been in Europe since 1979, having been imported from Japan by the Boskoop Nursery Research Station. Hardiness zone: 6a