Description

Add a touch of ancient elegance to your landscape with the Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum). This unique deciduous conifer stands out with its incredibly soft, feathery, light-green foliage. While it looks like an evergreen in summer, it puts on a stunning show in the fall, turning a beautiful coppery-red before the needles drop. It’s famously tolerant of wet, swampy soils but is versatile enough for almost any yard. Bring this magnificent native tree home today!

Features

• A unique deciduous conifer with soft, feathery light-green foliage
• Needles turn a stunning coppery-red or russet-orange in the fall before dropping
• Exceptionally tolerant of wet, swampy soils and standing water
• Highly adaptable, also thriving in average to dry garden conditions
• Can develop distinctive “cypress knees” (roots) in wet environments
• A fast-growing and long-lived native tree

There is a special kind of grace to the Bald Cypress, with its fine, airy foliage that invites you to touch it. It brings a soft texture to the landscape that is unlike any other tree. Imagine watching this ‘evergreen’ surprise you each autumn with a blaze of russet-orange color, creating a truly unique four-season display. It’s a tough, adaptable, and long-lived tree that will become a serene and majestic focal point in your garden for decades to come. Order your Bald Cypress from How Sweet It Is today!

Specs

• Scientific Name: Taxodium distichum
• Type: Deciduous Conifer
• Foliage: Soft, feathery, light-green needles
• Fall Color: Coppery-red to russet-orange
• Soil Tolerance: Excellent for wet soils; highly adaptable
• Growth Rate: Fast