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Cupressus glabra Blue Spire (syn. Cupressus arizonica Blue Spire) Cupressaceae
Blue Spire Arizona Cypress, Blue Spire Cypress
ku-PRES-us GLAH-bra
- Evergreen tree, very narrow, weeping form, branches hanging down around the trunk, 20 ft tall and 4 ft wide (6 × 1.2 m) in 20 years. Leaves blue-grey.
- Sun dry, well-drained soil.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Introduced by P.C. Nitschke, S. Australia, found in garden in Tanunda, Australia.
- Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden - Conifer Garden