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Plant: Blue Rocket - Arizona Cypress
Arizona Cypress · Cupressus arizonica 'Blue Rocket'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
Blue Rocket is a selection of Arizona cypress, a fast growing evergreen conifer with an erect, pyramidal crown and fine textured scale foliage in green to blue green or grey green tones. The species takes full sun and loam, sand or clay soils that drain well, uses little water once established, and resists deer, drought, heat, disease, insect pests and salt. Furrowed brown bark and cones of about one to three inches follow, and the dense evergreen growth gives cover and nesting sites for songbirds and small mammals. It is planted for screening, barriers, windbreaks and specimen use on dry sites in full sun.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 40 ft tall and 25 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-11
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Blue Rocket is a selection of Arizona cypress, a fast growing evergreen conifer with an erect, pyramidal crown and fine textured scale foliage in green to blue green or grey green tones. The species takes full sun and loam, sand or clay soils that drain well, uses little water once established, and resists deer, drought, heat, disease, insect pests and salt. Furrowed brown bark and cones of about one to three inches follow, and the dense evergreen growth gives cover and nesting sites for songbirds and small mammals. It is planted for screening, barriers, windbreaks and specimen use on dry sites in full sun.
- Foliage
- Evergreen scales, green to blue-green or grey-green.
- Fruit
- As a conifer it does not produce fruits, producing grey-brown cones instead.
- Bark & stems
- Bark is dark brown to light brown with red tones and a furrowed surface.
- Native range
- W. Texas to extreme southern Nevada, southern Arizona and northern Mexico
