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Tiny Tower® Italian Cypress
Cupressus sempervirens 'Monshel'
Height: 30 feet
Spread: 3 feet
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 8a
Brand: Monrovia
Description:
A narrow columnar form with exceptionally dense blue-green foliage; very slow growing; makes a wonderful topiary or container specimen; also a dramatic accent on the landscape
Ornamental Features
Tiny Tower® Italian Cypress is primarily valued in the landscape for its rigidly columnar form. It has attractive bluish-green evergreen foliage. The scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and remain bluish-green throughout the winter.
Landscape Attributes
Tiny Tower® Italian Cypress is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.
This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Tiny Tower® Italian Cypress is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Vertical Accent
- Hedges/Screening
- Windbreaks and Shelterbelts
Planting & Growing
Tiny Tower® Italian Cypress will grow to be about 30 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.
This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in sandy soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
This plant is not reliably hardy in our region, and certain restrictions may apply; contact the store for more information.
