Scientific name: Cunninghamia lanceolata

Common name:  China fir

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 7

Mature height and spread: 22-30m tall, 5-7m wide

Form: pyramidal, wide

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Spiraled.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: cone spherical.

Limitations: unique look

Suitable uses: background. Sustainable forestry (grows back from base). Very tough plant.

Quick ID: conifer. Evergreen. Tree. China. Simple leaves; pale undersides; lanceolate shaped. Two ranks of leaves. Sharp. Looks a bit like monkey tree but needles not as sharp and longer.