Cunninghamia lanceolata (China-Fir) China-Fir is best used as a specimen, at the corner of a large building, or as a large-scale screen planted 15 to 20 feet apart. It works well in oriental gardens and the foliage keeps well indoors in a vase of water. Not a tree you would use everywhere. It is too big for a residential landscape but useful on campuses and other large-scale landscapes. China- Fir should be grown in full sun or partial shade on moist, well-drained, acid soil. China-Fir is extremely drought tolerant and grows well in poor, compacted clay soil. It is very adapted to urban soils except those poorly drained. Landscape Information Pronounciation: kunn-ning-HAM-ee-uh lan- see-oh-LAY-tuh Plant Type: Tree Origin: China Heat Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9 Hardiness Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9 Uses: Screen, Hedge, Specimen, Pollution Tolerant / Urban Size/Shape Growth Rate: Moderate Tree Shape: Pyramidal, Columnar, Upright Canopy Symmetry: Symmetrical Canopy Density: Open Canopy Texture: Coarse Height at Maturity: 3 to 5 m, 5 to 8 m Spread at Maturity: Over 15 meters Time to Ultimate Height: 20 to 50 Years Plant Image Cunninghamia lanceolata (China-Fir) Botanical Description Foliage Leaf Arrangement: Spiral Leaf Venation: Parallel Leaf Persistance: Evergreen Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Blade: Less than 5 Leaf Shape: Lanceolate Leaf Margins: Ciliate Leaf Scent: No Fragance Color(growing season): Green Color(changing season): Green Flower Flower Showiness: False Flower Scent: No Fragance Trunk Trunk Has Crownshaft: False Trunk Susceptibility to Breakage: Generally resists breakage Number of Trunks: Single Trunk Trunk Esthetic Values: Showy Fruit Flower Image Fruit Type: Cones Fruit Showiness: False Fruit Size Range: 3 - 7 Fruit Colors: Brown Cunninghamia lanceolata (China-Fir) Horticulture Management Tolerance Frost Tolerant: Yes Heat Tolerant: No Drought Tolerant: Yes Salt Tolerance: Poor Requirements Soil Requirements: Clay, Loam, Sand Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic Water Requirements: High, Moderate Light Requirements: Full, Part Management Toxity: No Leaf Image Invasive Potential: No Susceptibility to Pests and Diseases: No Pruning Requirement: Little needed, to develop a strong structure Fruit/ Leaves/ Flowers litter: No Surface Rooting: Yes Life Span: More than 50 Edible Parts: None Plant Propagations: Cutting MORE IMAGES Fruit Image Bark Image Other Image.