NOOTKA CYPRESS PENDULA FULL

Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. It is quite intolerant of urban pollution, therefore inner city or urban streetside plantings are best avoided, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out.

NOOTKA CYPRESS PENDULA FULL

This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 70 years or more. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. Weeping Nootka Cypress will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 feet. Weeping Nootka Cypress is recommended for the following landscape applications It has no significant negative characteristics. When pruning is necessary, it is recommended to only trim back the new growth of the current season, other than to remove any dieback. This is a relatively low maintenance tree. Weeping Alaskan Cedar differs from both ‘Jubilee’ and ‘Strict Weeping’ in that it grows more slowly and broadens out, becoming wider at the base. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. Cupressus nootkatensis 'Sparkling Arrow' is a strikingly beautiful, narrow upright, strict-weeping selection of Nootka cypress with pendulous branches and foliage that is splashed with creamy white variegation. Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ is a stately tree that develops gently swooping, horizontal branches with gracefully draping, lighter green foliage. Weeping Nootka Cypress is an open evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. The shaggy antique red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape. The scale-like sprays of foliage remain bluish-green throughout the winter. Weeping Nootka Cypress is primarily valued in the landscape for its highly ornamental weeping form. Other Names: Alaska Cedar, Nootka Falsecypress, XanthocyparisĪ graceful, delicately weeping tree with pendulous branches, more so than the species a great accent tree for the home landscape

Nootka cypress pendula