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Bald Cypress

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Bald Cypress is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and colour all season long.

Bloom time
Foliage plant
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Sun
Full sun
Water
High water
Mature size
18 m × 8 m
Type
Conifer
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Growing Bald Cypress

Plant it in full sun. It prefers high water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–9. Expect it to reach about 18 m tall and 8 m wide at maturity, in roughly 20 years.

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Drop this plant onto a 3D plan, see how it fills in, and watch your whole garden bloom across the year.

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