Weeping Nootka Falsecypress - Planted May 2021
This month, we added a large tree that checks A LOT of boxes. This is the third tree of this growing season - with the small Japanese Maple Tamukayama and the bareroot Shagbark Hickory coming before this one. I say "this month" because I'm posting this in mid/late May, but I put it in the ground right at the beginning of May. But, back to those 'boxes' that this checks. This is the Weeping Nootka Falsecypress. Weeping. Check. Conifer. Check. Tolerates part shade. Check. Narrow. (kinda) Check. Focal. Check. Nook. Check. Horticulture Magazine describes it like this : The weeping Nootka cypress (Cupressusnootkatensis ‘Pendula’) is an evergreen tree with lots of personality, thanks to its draping, drooping branches that would fit right into a Dr. Seuss book. This award-winning conifer makes a dramatic addition to the garden where it can add valuable winter interest. Here is the tree that we bought - in the photo below - planted in the new north bed curve. I