RHS Synonyms
Taiwania flousiana
Conifers Trees
A columnar to conical evergreen tree that may reach heights in excess of 50m in the wild but will grow much shorter in cultivation. The treehas dark grey-brown bark that exfoliates in strips and slender, drooping branchlets with blue-green, awl-shaped to sickle-shaped, sharply-pointed juvenile leaves that become scale-like as the tree ages. Mature trees produce cylindrical cones to 12mm long
Position
Full sun
Soil Types
Clay, Loam, Sand
Max Height
Higher than 12 metres
Max Spread
wider than 8 metres