About
This evergreen conifer has a conical shape that widens as it matures. It features elongated, flat, drooping branches adorned with bright glaucous blue scale-like leaves.
About the genus
Cupressus are robust, evergreen trees characterized by their flaking or scaly bark. They typically feature columnar or narrowly ovoid crowns, along with small, often fragrant, scale-like foliage. The female cones are small and spherical in shape.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse, Conifers
- Habit
- Pendulous weeping
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- Higher than 12 metres
- Spread
- 4-8 metres
- Time to full height
- 20-50 years
- Suggested uses
- Coastal, Architectural
- Native to
- Bhutan
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Under glass grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light, with good ventilation. Outdoors grow in any well-drained soil in full sun. Shelter from cold drying winds
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed in containers in a cold frame, in spring. Root semi-ripe cuttings in late summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, especially Cypress aphid which is active during summer and may cause dieback
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus or phytophthora. Cankers may cause the death of twigs and ultimately entire trees