Swane’s Golden Italian Cypress
Description
A very narrow column that is truly an exclamation point on the landscape; emerging foliage is a bright golden yellow that retains its color all season; planted in linear groups, it makes a great screen and a dramatic statement in a large landscape
Landscape Attributes
Swane's Golden 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.
Swane's Golden Italian Cypress is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Swane's Golden Italian Cypress will grow to be about 20 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 is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast 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.