In a message dated 3/21/03 1:10:31 AM,
writes:

I've been reading up online on Bald Cypress but I'm
wondering if there are
any differences in care requirements for this particular
cultivar.(Cipres
Virginiano)

I was not aware that there were "cultivars" of Bald Cypress.
My guess is
that it is nurseryman's creativity. It may be a variety that
they have found
does better in the colder climates? A rich soil, plenty of
sun and water.
Trunk chop every year before the leaves come out.


Yes. There are four or five cultivars; all aimed at the "yard
tree" crowd (or for those folks who are now overusing the BC as a
parking lot and street tree) and developed for a tall, pyramidal
shape and (usually) with "weeping" foliage. In MY opinion they
are universally ugly. This one, however, must be a new cultivar;
it's not listed in anything I have (but I can't afford to
"update" my books every year. ;-)

Anyway, treat the cultivars just as you would treat the species.
If it's a weepy type, you'll have to pinch and prune branches
more vigorously (and you already have to keep after BC leaves) if
you don't want a bonsai at looks like its drooping for lack of
water. There's a weeping BC that makes the rounds of the big
shows here in Florida, and while the trunk is impressive, I
cannot say the same for the limp foliage.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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