Photos of: Southwest Trees
Gardening Books: Southwestern Garden Books Garden Books

Link With Us
Blue Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) Attractive blue-green foliage. Great looking conifer to dominate a landscape with its densely branched, narrow columnar form. It is Evergreen loves full sun. Fast grower to 60 to 80 feet tall, 2 to 3 feet wide; can be larger. And for those who do not like yard work...almost no maintenance. Yea even I like that!
Italian Cypress This confier evergreen grows to about 90ft. tall it loves the southwestern climate extremely drought tolerant and low, low, low maintenance.
You can plant them to make a nice border. About every 4ft. or so. You should water regulary after first planting for faster growth.
Tiny Tower Italian Cypress This is the dwarf version of the Italian Cypress. It grows to about 25ft. tall and about 3ft wide but very slow growing. Yes it's low maintenace and drought tolerant.
It makes an excellent stand alone tree group them together to make a nice hedge or border

- Garden Store - Garden Tools - Water Fountains - Drought Plants - Lawn Ebook - Water Conservation