short cypress trees
If you’re looking for versatile, compact evergreens, short cypress trees are a fantastic choice for New Zealand gardens. These elegant conifers bring structure, texture, and a vibrant green hue to any landscape without overwhelming smaller spaces. Short cypress trees are perfect for courtyards, patio containers, narrow beds, or tight borders. Their slow growth and manageable size mean less maintenance and more opportunity to create distinct focal points or formal plantings. Whether you want a neat vertical accent or a cascading statement, the range of short cypress trees can complement modern and classic garden designs alike.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)
Taxodium distichum, commonly known as the Bald Cypress or Swamp Cypress, is a conifer that grows as an upright tree to about 30 m tall and 8 m wide. It is somewhat unusual in that it is deciduous whereas most conifers tend to be evergreen. Feathery leaves emerge light green in spring, age to become bronze-yellow in summer, then develop bronze tones in autumn before falling. Taxodium distichum is a great tree for planting in wetter areas of a large garden and for planting around water features.
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Taxodium distichum Cascade Falls
Taxodium distichum Cascade Falls is a variety of the commonly known, Swamp Cypress, and is a fabulous weeping tree that will tolerate heavy soils. The rich green foliage hangs from pendulous branches on this deciduous conifer. The tree is further accentuated with yellow autumn colours before the leaves fall. It grows with a somewhat rounded shape to about 4 m tall and 3 m wide. Taxodium distichum Cascade Falls is a great tree for planting in wetter areas of a garden and for planting around water features such as ponds. It makes for a great specimen and is well suited to including in a mixed planting.
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