Chaparral Arizona Cypress
$61.00 Original price was: $61.00.$18.30Current price is: $18.30.
1000 in stock
SKU: HRTXEP9xN9
Category: PLANTS
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Grows about 1 ft. per year; reaches 20 to 30 ft. tall, 8 to 12 ft. wide.
| Description | Unique light sage-green, finely textured foliage creates a handsome specimen for the landscape. The broadly columnar habit with graceful branching works well alone or in groups as a screen or windbreak. Highly heat and drought tolerant when established. Evergreen. |
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| Bloom Time | Conifer; prized for foliage. |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Waterwise, Benefits Birds |
| Problems/Solutions | Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Drought Tolerant |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Landscape Use | Privacy Screen, Windbreak |
| Foliage Color | Blue-green |
| Companion Plants | Smoke Tree (Cotinus); Viburnum (Viburnum); Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia); Tickseed (Coreopsis); Switch Grass (Panicum) |
| Care Instructions | Highly adaptable; best with average to lean, well-drained soil. Water deeply, regularly during the first few growing seasons to establish an extensive root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates periodic drought. Apply a slow-release fertilizer when new growth begins in spring. |
| History | The species Cupressus arizonica is a rugged native of the southwest U.S., where it grows in the mountains of Arizona, withstanding drought and summer monsoons. ‘Chaparral’ was discovered as a seedling by John Emery, Drue Nursery, Berry, New South Wales, Australia, and introduced in 1980. Arizona cypress can grow to 50 feet tall and 30 feet wide in its native habitat, but typically reaches just half that size in landscape settings. |