Italian Cypress
Cupressus sempervirens ‘Glauca’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7b-10b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen
Height at Maturity: 25 to 30′
Width at Maturity: 2-3′
Spacing: 2′ apart for hedges and screens; or 6′ or more apart for space between plants
Spacing: 2′ apart for hedges and screens; or 6′ or more apart for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Columnar, Upright
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: Mild Pine Scent
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Well Drained
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat
Description
The Italian Cypress is an extremely narrow upright evergreen conifer that puts a tall exclamation point! on any landscape where it will grow: USDA Zones 7b-10b. The tree is less than a tenth as wide as it is tall, growing up to 30 feet in height and only 3 to 4 feet wide at maturity. It has an extremely unique form that provides a classic distinction for Mediterranean themed landscapes, tall screens, and framing accents. The deep blue-green foliage grows in dense sprays. Exceptionally low maintenance and heat and drought tolerant. No pruning necessary to keep its narrow form.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 25 to 30 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide, the Italian Cypress is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or in rows to form a tall and narrow privacy screen where space is limited. Also good for use to fill those tall, narrow spots in home foundation plantings. Makes a nice centerpiece in container gardens and is a fine addition to the Mediterranean theme gardens, conifer garden, rock gardens, and the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Suggested Spacing: 2 feet apart for hedges and screens; or 6 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
The Italian Cypress is easy to grow in a loose, well-drained soil of average to low fertility and full to mostly sun. As with so many other plants, constantly soggy or wet soil is problematic. Exceptionally low maintenance requiring little if any pruning to keep its narrow form.
Helpful Articles
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