Looking for a stately yet elegant evergreen to complement your landscape? The cupressus sempervirens horizontalis is a distinctive Mediterranean conifer prized for its graceful, spreading form. Unlike its upright cousins, cupressus sempervirens horizontalis features broad, horizontal branches—creating a softer silhouette that is ideal for a wide range of gardens across New Zealand. Whether you’re seeking to create a formal boundary, a windbreak, or simply add architectural interest, this unique variant of pencil cypress adapts beautifully to our local conditions and offers year-round green 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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