Description
Bald Cypress Trees For Sale
The Bald Cypress Tree (Taxodium distichum) is a tall and stately deciduous conifer that will enhance your landscape with elegance. This tree is a great shade or ornamental tree choice for collectors. It is also excellent for creating a Zen garden near a pond or other water source, such as a stream. Its light green needles invite you to touch them, unlike the spiky needles.
Bald Cypress Tree Details
Family: Cupressaceae
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Water Needs: Moist
Height: 50 – 70 ft.
Spread: 20 – 30 ft.
Growth Rate: Fast
Wildlife Value: Attracts birds, butterflies
Landscape Uses and Maintenance
The Bald Cypress Tree is a stately deciduous conifer with reddish bark that grows in a pyramidal habit. This tree is native to the southeastern parts of the United States. It produces small cones that drop seeds to the ground below.
This is a low-maintenance tree that requires minimal effort once well-established in your garden. While it appears to be a standard evergreen, this tree is actually a deciduous conifer and will shed its soft green needles in the winter months.
These conifers prefer to be planted in a location with well-draining, acidic soil. They can tolerate different soils, including very wet or occasionally flooded soils. They can also tolerate some salt in the soil. Avoid planting in alkaline soils; this can lead to chlorosis.
Are you having deer problems? This is a deer-resistant tree. Protect it while it is young and vulnerable to damage from browsing and deer rub.
Birds, mammals, and butterflies, oh my! This tree will attract plenty of wildlife. Birds will eat its seeds and use its branches for shelter.
Noteworthy Characteristics
The Bald Cypress Tree is notable for its Cypress knees, knobby protrusions that emerge from the soil, creating a mystical environment suitable for fairies…excellent for promoting imagination in all of us!
