Cypress (Taxodium Nanjing Beauty)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Tree
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Wet Mesic Mesic
Soil pH Preferences:	Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 11
Plant Height:	50 to 70 feet
Plant Spread:	20 to 30 feet
Leaves:	Good fall color Deciduous Needled
Suitable Locations:	Street Tree
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Pollution Flood Resistant Humidity tolerant Salt tolerant
Pollinators:	Wind
Miscellaneous:	Monoecious
Parentage:	Taxodium distichum x Taxodium mucronatum

Trade name information:

Trade Name: Nanjing Beauty
Cultivar name: 'Zhongshansa'

Common names

Comments:

Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Dec 13, 2019 1:43 PM concerning plant:

This tree is a hybrid that was done in China by a Dr. Hui of the Nanjing Botanical Garden about 1980. It is a cross of the Common Baldcypress of the southern USA with the Montezuma Baldcypress of Mexico and a little of Guatemala. It has been planted a lot in southeast China along streets, roads, railroad tracks, and canals. Some arboretums in the USA have planted some. It is noted as being fast growing, bears a good fall color that retains itself a good while, is salt resistant, and has an absence of the "knees."

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Taxodium Cypress (Taxodium Nanjing Beauty)