Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress - 3 Gallon Pot
$39.88
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$39.88
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$45.00
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Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress - 3 Gallon Pot
$39.88
Sale price
$39.88
Regular price
$45.00
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Description
Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress
Cupressus arizonica 'Carolina Sapphire'
Other Common Names: Arizona Cypress, Carolina Sapphire Cypress
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Tree
Height at Maturity: 20-30'
Width at Maturity: 15'+
Spacing: 10' apart for privacy scree; 18' apart for space between trees
Spacing: 10' apart for privacy scree; 18' apart for space between trees
Growth Habit / Form: Conical, Pyramidal, Upright
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage Color: Silvery Blue
Fragrant Foliage: Yes, pine scented
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.0 - 7.0
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Birds
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Insect
Description
The fastest growing coniferous evergreen tree we offer and perfect for tall privacy screen plantings to block unwanted views, the Carolina Sapphire Cypress, also known as Arizona Cypress, features lacy, silvery mint-green foliage that provides year round color and texture in the landscape. Specimens in our gardens have grown to to 30 feet tall and 10 to 12 feet wide in as few as 7 years. A fine alternative to or in combination with the Leyland Cypress in privacy screen plantings.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in an upright pyramidal form 25 to 30 feet tall and 8 to 12 feet wide, the Carolina Sapphire Cypress is ideal for use in evergreen privacy screen plantings. It is also useful to frame in the corners of tall homes and other buildings or as a specimen or background anywhere in sunny landscape borders. A fine addition to conifer gardens, bird gardens, wildlife gardens and Xeriscape gardens (low water needs). Perfect for an outdoor Christmas tree!
Suggested Spacing: 10 feet for privacy screen plantings; 18 feet or more for space between trees
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Cypress variety is not reliably winter hardy, you'll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring. That said, it will need a well-lit indoor location.
Growing Preferences
The Carolina Cypress is tolerant of a wide range of soils, even clay, preferring a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and plenty of sunshine. Will tolerate light shade but plants in full to mostly sun are much fuller. Minimal to no maintenance, no pruning necessary to keep its dense, naturally conical form. Exceptionally drought tolerant when established.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Cypress trees.
How To Plant & Care For Cypress Trees
Privacy Screen Design And Planting Tips
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