{"product_id":"cryptomeria-japonica-rasen","title":"Cryptomeria japonica 'Rasen'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCryptomeria japonica\u003c\/em\u003e 'Rasen'\u003c\/strong\u003e is the spiral Japanese cedar, named from the Japanese for spiral, and one look explains it: the rich green needles wrap tightly around every shoot in a twist that runs from trunk to tip, so each branch reads like a living barber's pole. The texture is unlike any other conifer, dense, ropey and sculptural, and it holds that character from a young plant to a mature tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness and seasons.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rated H6 by the RHS, hardy to around -20C, it grows throughout the UK given shelter from cold, drying winds and salt air. It is evergreen, holding its deep green through winter. Knock heavy snow off after a fall so the twisted branches are not bent out of shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unlike the dwarf novelty cryptomerias, 'Rasen' is a proper tree in the making and a genuine architectural statement: a specimen for a lawn, the backbone of an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border\u003c\/a\u003e, or an unusual evergreen for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/screening-plants\"\u003escreening\u003c\/a\u003e with far more character than a laurel. Among \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e it supplies the vertical drama.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"19cm \/ 3L","offer_id":58864162701695,"sku":"CRYPRASE19","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/cryptomeria-japonica-rasen.jpg?v=1792760935","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/cryptomeria-japonica-rasen","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}