Hesperocyparis arizonica 'Blue Ice'
Common name:
Blue Ice Arizona Cypress
Pronunciation:
HES-per-oh-SIP-air-iss air-ih-ZO-nih-kuh
Family:
Cupressaceae
Genus:
Synonyms:
Cupressus glabra ‘Blue Ice'
Type:
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
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- Evergreen tree, compact columnar form, 15 ft tall and 8 ft wide in 10 years (4.5 × 2.4 m), may reach 25 ft (7.6 m), mahogany stems. Leaves intensely steel-blue.
- Sun, dry, well-drained soil
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Discovered as a chance seedling in New Zealand in 1960 and introduced in about 1984 by Duncan & Davies Nursery, New Plymouth, New Zealand (Jacobson, 1996).
- Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden - Conifer Garden
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plant habit
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branchlets and cones
