Cascade Falls Bald Cypress - Cascade Falls Bald Cypress Trees

Scientific name: Taxodium distichum 'Cascade Falls'

Taxonomy
Family: Taxodiaceae
Type: Coniferous trees
Native: NO
Plant Requirements
Zone: 4 to 10
Sun: Full sun
Moisture: Medium
Plant Characteristics
Height: 8 ft
Width: 5 ft
Additional Characteristics
Trees
Small lot suitable
Flowering tree
Safe for beneath power lines
Fruit
Showy
Edible
Leaves
Good Fall color
Leaves fragrant
Gold foliage
Evergreen
Bark
Showy
Wildlife value
Attract hummingbirds
Attract butterflies
Attract birds
Poisonous
Foliage
Fruit
Description
With its notable weeping form and bright green foliage, Cascade Falls Bald Cypress is prized in the nursery trade as a unique accent specimen tree.

Morphology:
This is a deciduous conifer that sends out strictly weeping limbs which bear bright green spirally arranged needles. In the landscape, gardeners will stake it to desired height and then allow the developing branches to weep out onto the ground. If it has not been staked when it was first planted it will form a groundcover. During the winter months the limbs will still have interest as the bark exfoliates.

Adaptation:
Widely adapted to most sites. It can be planted near water in order to capitalize on its common name. It also flows nicely over rock walls.

Pests:
None reported.
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