Taxodium distichum
$42.00 / 2G
Bald Cypress ·
Description
Bald Cypress is a tree suited to full sun and average to wet conditions. It offers green color. Useful for native and wildlife-focused plantings.
Benefits
Adds long-term structure, shade, and a sense of permanence to the landscape. Fits naturally into Mid-Atlantic planting palettes and habitat-minded gardens. Useful for solving damp, wet, or pond-edge planting conditions.
Features
Cones fruit; copper orange fall color; matures about 50 - 70 ft tall and 20 - 40 ft wide
Usage/Use
Rain garden, wet site, specimen tree
| Taxodium distichum | |
| Bald Cypress | |
| No | |
| Best grown in full sun with average to wet moisture. | |
| Full Sun; Average to Wet moisture; Deep, well-drained garden soil. Water regularly the first season, then adjust to plant preference. | |
| North America | |
| Locally Native | |
| No | |
| No |
| 4 - 10 | |
| Hardy in USDA Zones 4–10; protect roots during establishment. | |
| Full Sun | |
| Loam | |
| 6 - 8 | |
| 50 - 70 ft | |
| 20 - 40 ft | |
| Wide | |
| 20 - 40 ft |
| No | |
| Green | |
| Green foliage | |
| Coastal Area | |
| Native Garden | |
| All Winter Season Interest | |
| Specimen | |
| Upright | |
| Long Lived | |
| Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Wet Soil | |
| Moist to wet / pond edge | |
| Water deeply during establishment; after established, water based on rainfall and soil moisture. | |
| Medium | |
| Water regularly during establishment, mulch to conserve moisture, and cut back/prune at the proper seasonal time. |