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Italian cypress cupressus sempervirens 50 seeds horizontalis
€3.95
Cupressus Sempervirens Horizontalis variety known as the Italian Cypress
50 Fresh Seeds
Provided with germination guide
Can be grown in containers
Very attractive and produces small pine cones shown in one of the images The foliage grows in dense sprays, dark green in colour.
The leaves are scale-like, 2 to 5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots.
The seed cones are ovoid or oblong, 25 to 40 mm long, with 10-14 scales, green at first, maturing brown about 20 to 24 months after pollination.
The male cones are 3 to 5 mm long, and release pollen in late winter.
Mediterranean Cypress has been widely cultivated as an ornamental tree for millennia away from its native range, mainly throughout the whole Mediterranean region, and in other areas with similar hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters, including California, southwest South Africa and southern Australia.
It can also be grown successfully in areas with cooler, moister summers, such as the British Isles, New Zealand and the Pacific Northwest (coastal Oregon, Washington and British Columbia).
It is also planted in Florida and parts of the coastal southern United States as an ornamental tree.
In some areas, particularly the United States, it is known as "Italian" or "Tuscan cypress"
50 Fresh Seeds
Provided with germination guide
Can be grown in containers
Very attractive and produces small pine cones shown in one of the images The foliage grows in dense sprays, dark green in colour.
The leaves are scale-like, 2 to 5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots.
The seed cones are ovoid or oblong, 25 to 40 mm long, with 10-14 scales, green at first, maturing brown about 20 to 24 months after pollination.
The male cones are 3 to 5 mm long, and release pollen in late winter.
Mediterranean Cypress has been widely cultivated as an ornamental tree for millennia away from its native range, mainly throughout the whole Mediterranean region, and in other areas with similar hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters, including California, southwest South Africa and southern Australia.
It can also be grown successfully in areas with cooler, moister summers, such as the British Isles, New Zealand and the Pacific Northwest (coastal Oregon, Washington and British Columbia).
It is also planted in Florida and parts of the coastal southern United States as an ornamental tree.
In some areas, particularly the United States, it is known as "Italian" or "Tuscan cypress"
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