Arizona Cypress Christmas Tree

The foliage of this tree is a dark forest green.

Arizona cypress christmas tree. Arizona cypress is native to texas only in the chisos mountains of big bend national park but is widely cultivated as a speciman tree and for dense windbreaks in west texas and the southern high plains as a christmas tree for the southwestern states and for erosion control in dry areas. It is a medium sized tree 50 to 60 feet tall and 15 to 30 inches in diameter. Cupressus arizonica greene arizona cypress is the only cypress native to the southwest. While it has a limited reach in terms of hardiness zones the arizona cypress is an excellent choice for windbreaks erosion control christmas trees and landscape ornamentals.

A moderate to fast grower arizona cypress is cold hardy and grows best in cooler areas zone 9b and areas of zone 10a that border 9b. As the name suggests this heat and drought tolerant cypress is native to the southwestern united states and northern mexico. Greene who made the find in the 1880s. This technique guarantees progeny with genetic characteristics identical to the parent plant an important consideration to christmas tree growers.

Arizona cypress is most commonly propagated by seed germination. For a major species it was discovered by euro americans rather recently in history. Full sun is best for this evergreen tree. The wood of the arizona cypress is hard heavy and durable.

It is evergreen with a dense upright cone shaped crown and smooth reddish brown bark that sometimes becomes fibrous with flat ridges. A well drained planting location is an absolute must. The arizona cypress is a native of interior mexico extending into the southwestern united states where it is the only native cypress. There are many cultivars of leyland cypress but the 8 most common ones are haggerstown grey the original leighton green gold cup castlewellan green spire naylor s blue silverdust and robinson s gold.

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