Pond Cypress
Taxodium ascendens
- 18 available.
- Guaranteed locally grown
- Delivery ONLY to Metro Atlanta & Athens within 5-7 business days
-
Pickup in 3-5 business days from our Switchyard in Chamblee
(Mon & Fri 3pm-6pm - 3708 N Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA)
Pond Cypress is a native conifer tree with a cylindrical crown when young and a flattened irregular crown when older with horizontal to upright branching. and its fissured bark on mature trees exposing attractive orange inner bark. The deciduous awl-shaped light green foliage are spirally arranged and turns orange-brown or gold in fall. Pond Cypress has more rounded root knees and grows at water margins instead of in the water. Grows best in full sun and moist to wet acidic soil.
|
Type: |
|
|
Height: |
30' - 70' |
|
Spread: |
15’ - 20' |
|
Spacing: |
18' |
|
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 9 |
|
Culture: |
|
|
Bloom Color: |
N/A |
|
Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Shade Tree, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Pond and Streams, Water Garden, and Privacy Screen.
COMPANION PLANTS: Maple, Juniper, Magnolia
IMAGES: Crusier, Taxodium ascendens PAN, CC BY 3.0, (2) Beyond My Ken, Corkscrew - pond cypress, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Taxodium ascendens 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0
