Family - Cupressaceae
Category - Conifer, Tree
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 6m
Location - The Pond Garden
Description: A small, coniferous, Deciduous tree with an upright central leader and weeping branches. Mid-green needles are soft to the touch, linear in shape, and held in comb-like formation on distichous leaves. Round, green female cones mature to brown in autumn. Red male cones are pendent, held in groups and will expand in winter. The foliage turns a shade of rusty orange in autumn before falling.
Synonym - Taxodium distichum 'Pendulum Novum'
Soft, mid-green needles are 2-ranked, and held on pendulous branches. The needles are linear in shape and turn orange -brown in autumn before falling.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Needles
Autumn Colour: Orange
Grafting.
Suitable for sun or shade in moisture retentive soil.