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Taxodium distichum
Bald Cypress

$90.00 $117.00
This size 8 in stock Product ID: 845167

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CULTURAL CONDITIONS

Plant Min Zone: 4a

Plant Max Zone: 10a

Sunlight: All Day Full Sun, Full Sun, Part Sun

Water / Rainfall: Average, High

Soil Quality: Average, Rich

FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE

Bloom Season: None

Flower Color: None

Berry / Fruit Color: Brown-Beige

Spring Foliage Color: Green

Summer Foliage Color: Green

Fall Foliage Color: Bronze, Orange

Evergreen Foliage: No

Winter Interest: Yes

Scented Flowers: No

PLANT TOLERANCES

Drought Tolerance: Medium

Wet-Feet Tolerance: High

Humidity Tolerance: High

Wind Tolerance: Medium

Poor Soil Tolerance: Clay Soils, Rocky Soils, Acidic Soil (low PH)

GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE

Height: 40' - 60'

Width: 20' - 30'

Growth Rate: Slow

Service Life: Tree: Service life varies

Maintenance Need: Low

Spreading Potential: N.A.

Yearly Trimming Tips: Tree: No Trimming Needed / Trim as Needed When Mature / Lower Branches.

PLANT USES AND LIMITATIONS

Plant Grouping Size: Specimen Planting of 1-3

Best Side of House: Large Tree; Best in Open Areas

Extreme Planting Locations: Tolerates Periods of Standing Water

Ornamental Features: Multiple Seasons of Interest, Rot Resistant / Strong Wood Tree, Fine Texture, Exceptional / Colorful Foliage

Special Landscape Uses: Erosion Control, Naturalizing, Clean Street Tree

Possible Pest Problems: Occasional Problems, Deer

Plant Limitations: Susceptible to Iron Chlorosis, Shallow Roots May Cause Problems, Slow to Reach Mature Size

Description

Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) is a well-known picturesque tree native to the southeast from Texas to Florida to Virginia. It is a deciduous conifer that grows on saturated and seasonally inundated soils but also performs well an average garden soils including some drought. Trees can be very long lived due to near immunity from pests and disease with some specimens over 2000 years old. When growing in standing water (exclusively), the characteristic knees develop. These are thought to assist an oxygen exchange or to trap sediment along a channel to stabilize the creek bank. Growth is slow during youth especially and dryer sites or poor soils but speeds up in rich well-drained soils. This non-flowering tree features extremely fine textured foliage that creates its own attractive mulch under the tree or blends in invisibly into the lawn. Most references indicate that acidic soil is important however I have seen these growing in pure white limestone alkaline streams in Austin Texas. The water was cyystal clear and pH was so high that not many other organisms for growing in it. Bald Cypress makes a beautiful street tree or residential landscape specimen that will be highly prized after a decade or two. Reserve for the wet test spot in your yard and it will thrive!

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