Thujopsis dolabrata 'Nana' prophouse-winter-2027 Give the roots steady moisture

Give the roots steady moisture

the mountain hydrangeas still bloom on old wood

and mulch to hold it

pair with other moisture-loving natives such as swamp milkweed

dense and dark and glossy

Thujopsis dolabrata 'Nana' prophouse-winter-2027 Give the roots steady moistureA dwarf form of one of Japan's legendary Five Sacred Trees of Kiso, the goboku no kinbatsu, a select group of conifers protected by feudal law for centuries, reserved for imperial residences and temple construction, where commoners caught poaching the wood faced execution. The species, Thujopsis dolabrata, is endemic to Japan and known there as asunaro, a name that translates beautifully and a little wistfully as tomorrow it will become hinoki, a nod