Bald Cypress Tree (Taxodium distichum) Bare Root and Potted

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Bald Cypress Trees

Available as 30-40 inch potted trees -Year around or until sold out. Shipped fully rooted in soil in pot. Ships with leaves in Spring and Summer and dormant without leaves in Fall and Winter.

Available as 24-30 inch dormant bare root trees - Ships late January -late April 

The Bald Cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) native from the Mississippi valley, along the Gulf coast, and from the Florida everglades to Maryland. Bald  Cypress is the classic swamp tree of the South, but It also does  well as far north as Illinois and in the dry hills of Texas, growing in USDA zones 4-9. Plant in acidic soil that has good drainage but also retains moisture. Requires regular irrigation. Will grow in extremely wet soils where other trees fail. Makes a beautiful specimen tree along streets and in yards. Also an excellent bonsai subject.

 
The Bald Cypress tree  is a deciduous conifer. Trees will be sent with needles in Spring and Summer and without needles in Fall and Winter. Needles ranges from yellow-green in spring,  green in summer and  orangish-brown in the fall.    Grows in a pyramidal shape to 50-100 foot tall and 25 foot wide. Develops "cypress knees" only in wet conditions

 

If your temperature is warmer than 89 degrees or colder than 20 degrees, we will hold order until temperature improves. Please put your desired ship date in Special Instructions to Seller at checkout.

All plants are inspected for quality prior to shipment. If plants are damaged in shipping, please let us know right away so we can help. If there is any plant damage, take a photo of the package and plants. This will help us solve the problem.

 

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