Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium Nutans (Nodding Pond Cypress)

Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium 'Nutans' (Nodding Pond Cypress) is a deciduous coniferous tree of great beauty. It features a narrowly conical or columnar form with short, horizontal branching with drooping branchlets. Unlike most cone-bearing trees, Nodding Pond Cypress loses its needles each winter and grows a new set in spring. Its delicate foliage sprays of soft, bright green, awl-shaped leaves, turns rich shades of orange, cinnamon, and golden-brown in the fall, before dropping and revealing the gray-brown, ridged bark. A spectacular tree for stream banks or pond edges, it can also be grown in average garden soil.

• Grows up to 30-70 ft. tall (9-21 m) and 15-20 ft. wide (5-6 m).
• This plant is easily grown in full sun to part shade in preferably acid, moist, or poorly drained soils.
• Virtually pest and disease free. Deer resistant.
• No pruning required
• Propagate by grafting in late winter