Cupressus sempervirens Stricta Group

  • Other common names Italian cypress Stricta Group
  • Synonyms Cupressus sempervirens ‘Pyramidalis’
    Cupressus sempervirens ‘Stricta’
  • Family Cupressaceae
  • Genus Cupressus are vigorous, evergreen trees with flaking or scaly bark, often with columnar or narrowly ovoid crowns, small, often aromatic, scale-like leaves and small, spherical female cones
  • Details Stricta Group are narrowly columnar, evergreen conifers with dense, dark green foliage in short sprays on erect branches

Description

How to grow

Cultivation Grow in moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Protect from cool, drying winds. Tolerates dry conditions

Propagation Propagate by seed or semi-hardwood cuttings

Suggested planting locations and garden types Low Maintenance Architectural Coastal

How to care

Pruning No pruning required

Pests Can get cypress aphid

Diseases Susceptible to coryneum canker