Bald Cypress Fall Colors - December 2025

This post is going-up in December, but the photo is from mid/late November (before Thanksgiving).  We had a good storm come through with a couple of days of wind that blew all the needles off of this tree and most of the rest of the trees in our yard.  But, before the needles fell... the Bald Cypress that is planted IB2DWs put on a nice 'fall show' this year.  Below is a photo showing the shape and color of the tree.  

8-Year Old Bald Cypress Tree With Fall Color in Zone 6a

Earlier this year, I pruned this tree (dormant pruning) for the first time and took some of the lower limbs off the trunk to lift up the canopy.    I'll probably get out there again late this Winter and take a branch of two off in order to raise the canopy up even more. 

Hard to remember planting this tree as a tiny whip back in Fall of 2018 when we had different neighbors.  Seven years later, this is (probably) the most-successful small tree planting that we've had on our property.  It has really taken-off and become an established and well-shaped tree sitting in the IB2DWs bed between our driveway and our neighbor to the south.