
Nootka false cypress tree full#
Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay Loam (Silt) Sand Soil pH: Acid (Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Tree Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Needled Evergreen Habit/Form: Erect Pyramidal Weeping Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: Medium Texture: Fine.Play Value: Buffer Easy to Grow Screening Wildlife Cover/Habitat Dimensions: Height: 20 ft. Often used as cover for birds and small mammals. Life Cycle: Woody Recommended Propagation Strategy: Grafting Stem Cutting Country Or Region Of Origin: Alaska south to northern California Wildlife Value: Bears can strip the bark off the tree in the springtime in order to feed on the sweet sap. Attributes: Genus: Callitropsis Species: nootkatensis Family: Cupressaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): Use as a focal point in the landscape.Tags: #weeping #evergreen #native tree #conifer #pendulous #winter interest #wind tolerant #needled evergreen #deer resistant #winter garden #native #high humidity #trees See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Blight can be a problem in young nursery plants as well as old landscape plants. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Susceptible to beetle borers and spider mites, phytophthora, root rot, and rust. Use as a specimen tree or along pond and stream edges in the mountainous areas of NC. Grow in average moist soils in full sun to partial shade, particularly in warmer climates. In the wild, it can reach heights of up to 90 feet, however cultivated trees will top out at 20 to 35 feet tall and 8 to 12 feet wide. It has graceful pendulous branches that up sweep at the ends and flattened sprays of gray-green or blue-green foliage. It is a needled evergreen tree in the cypress family native to the Pacific coast from Alaska to northern California. It is a native of the coast of Alaska and Washington. It has been sold commercially in North America since 1907. van Leeuwen Nursery, The Netherlands in the early 1880s. Nootka Cypress was introduced to the nursery trade by A.

Phonetic Spelling kal-ee-trop-sis noot-kuh-TEN-sis Description
