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Products > Cupressus sempervirens 'Glauca'
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Category: Tree |
Family: Cupressaceae (incl. Taxodiaceae) (Cypresses) |
Origin: Europe, Southern (Europe) |
Evergreen: Yes |
Flower Color: Insignificant |
Bloomtime: Not Significant |
Height: 40-60 feet |
Width: 8-12 feet |
Exposure: Full Sun |
Seaside: Yes |
Summer Dry: Yes |
Deer Tolerant: Yes |
Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
Winter Hardiness: 0-10° F |
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Cupressus sempervirens 'Glauca' (Italian Cypress) - This is a columnar evergreen tree that grows to 40 to 60 feet tall and up to about 8 to 12 feet wide with age and has scale-like leaves that are a blue-green color and 1 inch wide round cones. Plant in full sun. Drought tolerant and considered hardy to around 5 degrees F. This species is native to a large area of the eastern Mediterranean region from northeast Libya in north Africa east through northern Egypt, western Syria, western Jordon, Israel and Lebanon and then north into sourthern Turkey and back to the west through southeast Greece (Crete, Rhodes) and Cyprus and with a disjunct population in the mountains of northern Iran. Though this plant has been widely cultivated as an ornamental tree for millennia and arrived in Italy in ancient times, the names "Italian cyprus" or "Tuscan Cypress" commonly used are technically incorrect. This narrow form is also considered to be a selection of the form called sempervirens (as opposed to horizontalis) and is synonymous with Cupressus sempervirens ssp. fastigata.
The information that is presented on this page is based on research we have conducted about this plant in our library and from reliable online sources. We also consider observations we have made of it in the nursery's garden and in other gardens we have visited, as well how it performs in our nursery crops out in the field. We incorporate comments that we receive from others as well and welcome getting feedback from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if they know of cultural information that would aid others in growing Cupressus sempervirens 'Glauca'. |
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