Cryptomeria japonica 'Vilmoriniana' | Japanese cedar - 20-25cm, 2lt Lavandula white flowers bloom in early

white flowers bloom in early spring on bare branches

Although not fast-growing

oval creamy-white bracts that flutter in the breeze and resemble white doves sitting on a branch or dangling white handkerchiefs

Syringa vulgaris 'Andenken an Ludwig Späth' is an upright

The branches have corky fissures

Cryptomeria japonica 'Vilmoriniana' | Japanese cedar - 20-25cm, 2lt Lavandula white flowers bloom in earlyCryptomeria japonica 'Vilmoriniana' is a dwarf form of Japanese cedar. Its a small, compact, dense, mound forming, coniferous, globe shaped, evergreen shrub with short, stiff branches and olive green, needle like leaves that may turn bronze and purple in winter, arranged spirally around branches. Cryptomeria japonica 'Vilmoriniana' is adaptable to almost any type of soil, as long as it is moist and well drained. It prefers slightly acidic soil in full