Bald Cypress Summer Foliage - July 2021
Our little Bald Cypress tree - that is planted 'in between two driveways' is beginning to shine. It was so small when we planted it and all of last growing season, it was sandwiched up against a chain link construction fence, so I'm not sure we enjoyed it all. But this year? It is putting on a thick new coat of needles and as a lot of growth at the tips of the existing limbs. Here, below, is a look at how the tips are growing thick and lush: I need to get around to doing a caliper measurement on this tree (and all of the trees), but I can tell that this is the 'leap' year in the sleep/creep/leap cycle. Planted in the Fall of 2018 , we're in the third growing season, so that tracks, right? Last Summer, it had a nice run that included some growth all the way up until September and was mulched properly this Spring. We call this tree the "Dinosaur Tree" in our house because of the heritage of the tree going back to the time when dinosaurs roamed t