Description

A narrow columnar form with exceptionally dense blue-green foliage; very slow growing; makes a wonderful topiary or container specimen; also a dramatic accent on the landscape

Landscape Attributes

Tiny Tower® Italian Cypress is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.

Tiny Tower® Italian Cypress is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Tiny Tower® Italian Cypress will grow to be about 30 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in sandy soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.