The dark green, upright spires of the Pencil Cypress are a common sight in Formal Gardens across the Mediterranean. Growing up to 20m in height, it thrives in hot and dry garden locations.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Size
- Trees 7 metres +
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind, Salt
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Gardens
- Formal