Searching for pencil shaped evergreen trees to create year-round structure or impact in your New Zealand garden? These striking trees are prized for their narrow, upright form—ideal for screening, creating living fences, or bringing vertical drama to any landscape. Whether you’re designing a formal garden, establishing privacy along a property line, or searching for low-maintenance trees for pots, the elegant silhouettes of pencil shaped evergreens combine versatility and beauty.

Cupressus sempervirens Stricta, commonly known as the Italian Pencil Cypress Tree, is a conifer that features dense, dark green foliage, and grows with a slim, columnar habit. This Pencil Cypress is a common sight in formal gardens across the Mediterranean. The foliage comprises short sprays of dark green, conifer foliage held on erect branches. It can grow to 20 m tall with a spread of just 75 cm though it is often kept to shorter heights. Cupressus sempervirens Stricta is valued for its slender, upright habit and is perfect for planting in a series or as pillars at an entranceway.

Cupressus Green Spire is a conifer valued for its slender, upright habit that brings an architectural effect. It carries fine, dark -green foliage which is held tightly on upright branches as it grows to 5 m tall and 90 cm wide. Cupressus Green Spire is a great plant for bringing height and depth to plantings and it often planted in a series or as pillars at an entranceway.
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