Cupressus arizonica var.glabra 'Fastigiata'
Family - Cupressaceae
Category - Conifer, Tree
Origin - Raised in France
Discovered By - Introduced into cultivation by Minier Nurseries.
Year of Introduction - First listed in 1962
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H5
Height - 10m - 15m
Width - up to 5m
Location - The Pond Garden
Description: A medium-sized, Evergreen coniferous tree with a narrow, columnar habit, becoming more expansive with age. Attractive, blue-green scale-like leaves are held on many forked branchlets. Round, female seed cones mature to brown over a period of two years but are usually retained on the tree for longer. The abundant, much smaller male cones are greenish-yellow and held at the tips of the branchlets.
Foliage:
Short, horizontal branches hold many forked branchlets, each covered in flat, blue-green scale-like leaves.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Scale-like leaves
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in well-drained soil.