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Italian pyramidal cypress, Mediterranean, or Tuscan, or Persian cypress, Pencil pine, Green tree (lat. Cupressus sempervirens Pyramidalis).
Evergreen tree, a species of the genus Cypress of the Cypress family. A tree up to 25-30 m tall, with a straight trunk up to 50-60 cm in diameter, with a narrow cone-shaped (columnar) crown and short ascending branches tightly pressed to the trunk.
The needles are green, small, elongated-rhombic in shape, soft to the touch, located crosswise and tightly pressed to the shoots. The cones are small, round, layered covered with an intricate pattern.
Italian cypress - like most plants of this species, sun-loving. In the shade, the crown begins to stretch out strongly and loses its decorative effect. In general, the plant is unpretentious. For planting, choose a sunny area, without stagnation of moisture, protected from the north wind.
It grows quite quickly, tolerates prolonged drought and short-term temperature drops to -20 °C.
It is stable in urban conditions, tolerates haircut well. Durable. It begins to bear fruit from 5-6 years. It has exceptional decorative qualities. He lives up to 2000 years.
