Catalog Description
Medium to large size pyramidal evergreen tree has drooping branchlets that drape from spreading and upcurved branches. Protect rich green foliage from drying winds. Outstanding graceful accent. Full sun. Slow-growing to 30 to 45 feet high, 10 to 15 feet wide. Larger with age. Cutting grown. |
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Average Landscape Size
Slow-growing to 30 to 45 ft. high, 10 to 15 ft. wide. Larger with age. |
Key Plant Benefits
Medium to large size pyramidal evergreen tree has drooping branchlets that drape from spreading and upcurved branches. Protect gray-green foliage from drying winds. Outstanding for accent or specimen. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Slow Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Pyramidal |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 8 (>90 to 120 days) |
| Low: | 3 (>7 to 14 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 8 (10 to 20 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 5 (-20 to -10 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
None
| Flower Color |
| No Value |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Produces no flowers. |
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Propagation
| Propagation Method |
1
| Cutting grown |
| Best time to Prune |
| Spring |
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Attributes
Drought Tolerant
Fruit-Bearing
Native Plant
Year-round Interest
Deer Resistant |
Foliage
Scale-like leaves, arranged in long sprays
| Foliage Shape | Linear |
| Normal foliage color | Green |
| Underside foliage | Green |
| Juvenile foliage | Green |
| Mature foliage | Green |
| New foliage | Green |
| Spring foliage | Green |
| Summer foliage | Green |
| Fall foliage | Green |
| Winter foliage | Green |
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