Dwarf Elkhorn Cedar               thew-YOP-sis DOL-ah-bra-ta

• Conifer, evergreem shrub, dwarf, spreading, slow growing, 2 ft (60 cm) tall and 3 ft (90 cm) wide in 10 years, dense, rounded, flat-topped form.  Leaves flat, thick, but thinner than the species type, about 1.5-2 mm long, listed as yellow-green but also as dark green, there may be more than one form in the nursery trade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 6     Exported to England from from Japan in 1861 by J.G. Vetch.
• Siverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden - Conifer Garden.