Arizona Cypress Seeds - Cupressus Arizonica Var. Arizonica
It is a medium sized tree 50 to 60 feet tall and 15 to 30 inches in diameter. It is evergreen, with a dense, upright, conical crown and smooth reddish-brown bark that sometimes becomes fibrous with flat ridges.
Leaves are scale-like and grayish-green, bluish-green, or silvery, arranged opposite in pairs and tightly clasping the cord-like or four-sided twigs; they emit a fetid odor when crushed.
The cones are 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter, subglobose, dark reddish brown, with 6 to 8 shield-shaped woody scales. The cones mature in autumn of the second season but persist on the tree for many years.
Though it grows slowly under natural dry conditions, it is a rapid grower (up to 3 feet per year) on better soils with a good moisture regime.
Name: Arizona Cypress Scientific name: Cupressus arizonica Zone: 7 to 9 Plant height: 30-40 feet Light requirements: full sun Soil & water preferences: grows well in well-drained soils.
Growing instructions:
1. Scarification: soak in water for 24 hours 2. Stratification: cold stratify for 30 days 3. Germination: sow seed 1/16" deep, tamp the soil
The seeds arrived quickly but we did not receive part of our order. We are still waiting for the ones we received to grow so too early for full review.
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