Nootka Cypress Callitropsis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
Other plants called Nootka Cypress:
Previously known as:
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
- Xanthocyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
- Phonetic Spelling
- kal-ee-trop-sis noot-kuh-TEN-sis
- Description
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Nootka Cypress is a needled evergreen tree in the cypress family native to the Pacific coast from Alaska to northern California. It has graceful pendulous branches that upsweep at the ends and flattened sprays of gray-green or blue-green foliage. It grows slowly to 30 to 45 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide. The bark on mature trees will exfoliate.
Grow in average moist soils in full sun to partial shade. Use as a specimen tree or along pond and stream edges in the mountainous areas of NC.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Susceptible to beetle borers and spider mites, phytophthora, root rot, and rust.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Callitropsis
- Species:
- nootkatensis
- Family:
- Cupressaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Alaska south to northern California
- Dimensions:
- Height: 30 ft. 0 in. - 45 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 10 ft. 0 in. - 46 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Tree
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Needled Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Pyramidal
- Weeping
- Maintenance:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- NC Region:
- Mountains
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4b, 4a, 5b, 5a, 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Green
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Fruit Description:
- Small green cones in the fall
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Flowers:
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Insignificant
- Flower Description:
- Inconspicuous separate male and female flowers on the tree.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Needled Evergreen
- Leaf Type:
- Needles
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Scale-like leaves in flat fans
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Bark:
- Bark Color:
- Green
- Light Gray
- Surface/Attachment:
- Exfoliating
- Furrowed
- Bark Description:
- Bark Light Green or Light Gray, Exfoliating or Furrowed.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Pond
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Winter Garden
- Design Feature:
- Specimen
