Plant: Iceberg - Cypress Tree
Cypress Tree · Cupressus sempervirens 'Iceberg'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
Italian cypress is a tall, narrow evergreen conifer with dark blue green scale like foliage that is fragrant when crushed, growing 40 to 70 feet tall but only 3 to 6 feet wide in a dense columnar to pyramidal form. Its native habitat is rocky mountainous ground, typically near coastlines in Europe and Asia. Dry, hard, glossy round seed cones persist on the branches and open in heat, and the thin smooth bark ages from gray to gray brown. It needs full sun and well drained loam or sand, tolerates a wide pH range, and stands up to drought, dry soil, heat, humidity, salt and wind. Watch for mites, bagworms, root rot and canker.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 70 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-10
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Italian cypress is a tall, narrow evergreen conifer with dark blue green scale like foliage that is fragrant when crushed, growing 40 to 70 feet tall but only 3 to 6 feet wide in a dense columnar to pyramidal form. Its native habitat is rocky mountainous ground, typically near coastlines in Europe and Asia. Dry, hard, glossy round seed cones persist on the branches and open in heat, and the thin smooth bark ages from gray to gray brown. It needs full sun and well drained loam or sand, tolerates a wide pH range, and stands up to drought, dry soil, heat, humidity, salt and wind. Watch for mites, bagworms, root rot and canker.
- Foliage
- Scale like leaves are a dark blue green, with a delightful fragrance when crushed.
- Fruit
- Seed cones are dry, hard, glossy, rounded and persistent, opening through heat.
- Bark & stems
- Thin and smooth; as the bark ages it turns from gray to gray brown.
- Native range
- East Mediterranean to Iran
