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ITALIAN CYPRESS
Cupressus sempervirens
General Notes
Smog tolerant. Very narrow, upright form. Also blue-green variety 'Glauca', and golden leaf variety 'Swane's Golden'. Has Fragrant Leaf.

 


Italian Cypress, Mediterranean Cypress
Conifer, evergreen tree, at maturity 60+ ft high and 5-10 ft wide (20 x 1.5-3 m), branches erect (form most often sold) or horizontal (rare). Leaves uniform, scale-like, rhombic, obtuse, dull dark green.

Italian cypress likes fertile soil with good drainage. It usually thrives with little attention.
Light: Italian cypress grows best in full sun.
Moisture: Provide average to dry conditions once your tree is established.

The narrow, upright Italian cypress is seen in many places on campus, for sempervirens example at the south side of the Durand Building on Panama Mall.

Dwarf Italian Cypress [English]: Cupressus sempervirens 'Totem'
Dwarf Italian Tomato [English]: Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Dwarf Italian'
Dwarf Ivesia [English]: Ivesia pygmaea
Dwarf Jacaranda [English]: Jacaranda paucifoliata ...

Cupressus sempervirens 'Glauca' (Italian Cypress) - This is a columnar evergreen tree that grows to 40 to 60 feet tall and up to about 8 to 12 foot spread with age with scale-like leaves that are a blue-green color and 1 inch wide round cones.

Cupressus sempervirens (Italian Cypress)
Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii (Sargent Juniper, Shimpaku)
Juniperus chinensis
Juniperus chinensis
Juniperus chinensis
Juniperus chinensis
Juniperus chinensis (Blaauwõs Juniper, Blue Shimpaku) ...

When travelling in the Mediterranean, gardeners can't help but admire the stately though tender Italian cypresses with their tall, narrow form. What alternative can we grow in our cold Canadian gardens?

Cupressus sempervirens
Italian cypress
Cupressaceae Family
Compiled by the Master Gardeners
of the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension.

Cupressus sempervirens. Italian Cypress.
Cycads. Either male of female (usually female in Bermuda). In the Cycadaceae, or Stangeria and Zamia families. Wild cycads are threatened with extinction.

Nombres relacionados: Altzifre (vasco), Arella (Marruecos), Azal (Marruecos), Ciprés (castellano), Cipreste (gallego y/o portugués), Cupressaceae (familia), Cupressus macnabiana (sinónimo), Cypres (francés), Cypress (inglés), Italian cypress (inglés), ...

Cupressus arizonica stephensonii - Cuyamaca Cypress
Cupressus forbesii - Tecate Cypress
Cupressus leylandii - Leyland Cypress
Cupressus macrocarpa - Monterey Cypress
Cupressus sempervirens - Mediterranean Cypress; Italian Cypress ...

See also: Cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, Green, Conifer, Cupressus

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