| Description | Little Champion Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) A slow-growing green, globe-shaped Japanese Cedar. |
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| Plant Type | Shrubs Coniferous, Dwarf Conifers |
| Hardiness Zone | (5b)-6 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, acidic |
| Leaves | green, many curvy branchlets are coated with layers of tightly held, awl-like needles that make them look like woven rope |
| Dimensions | 6 by 6 with age (HS), slow-growing, globe-shaped |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | It originated as a witch's broom mutation (a dense, bun-like growth on a larger plant) on a Cryptomeria japonica 'Gracilis'. This specific mutation was discovered by Wout Huizer in Boskoop, the Netherlands, and introduced to the market in 1992. |