I can not speak to the Bald Cypress since I just got my first one the
summer. I am encouraged that Mom can grow them in WV since I live in
Colorado and hope to keep mine alive. Currently it is outside in a tray
filled with 2 to 3 inches of water.

I would be carful about growing cypress outside in colorado. MY mom grows them
up to about two feet tall before planting them outside. she doesn't grow them
as bonsai.

Moon