🌲 Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) – Florida Native | Long-Lived Shade Tree
🚚 Shipping Update: Orders will ship in September due to high summer temperatures to ensure your Bald Cypress arrives healthy, well-rooted, and ready to establish strong growth.
Wetland Champion & Majestic Shade Tree
The Bald Cypress is a legendary Florida native tree known for its towering form, soft feathery foliage, and distinctive flared trunk base. Naturally found in swamps, riverbanks, and floodplains, this resilient deciduous conifer thrives in wet conditions but also adapts well to drier landscapes once established.
Perfect for rain gardens, pond edges, restoration projects, and large landscape plantings, Bald Cypress delivers unmatched durability and timeless beauty.
🌟 Why You’ll Love Bald Cypress
🌲 Majestic Long-Lived Shade Tree
Grows into a towering, iconic tree with strong structural form and broad canopy.
💧 Wetland Specialist
Thrives in wet soils, standing water, and flood-prone areas.
🌿 Highly Adaptable Native
Once established, tolerates drier conditions and a wide range of soils.
🦋 Wildlife & Ecosystem Support
Provides habitat, improves water quality, and stabilizes soil in natural landscapes.
🌱 Growing Information
USDA Zones: 5–10
☀️ Light: Full sun (best growth and strongest structure)
🌿 Soil Requirements
- Prefers wet, moist, or even standing water conditions
- Also adapts to drier sites once established
- Tolerates sand, clay, and loamy soils
- Prefers acidic to neutral pH
🌱 Planting Instructions
- Choose a location with plenty of vertical and root space
- Dig a hole twice as wide and equal in depth to the root ball
- Plant at ground level and backfill with native soil
- Water thoroughly after planting
- Apply 2–3 inches of mulch, keeping it away from the trunk
💧 Watering Guide
- Water frequently during establishment
- Especially important in drier soils
- Once established, highly tolerant of both wet and periodic dry conditions
- Ideal for pond edges, retention areas, and natural drainage zones
🌿 Fertilizer
- Generally not required in native or wet soils
- In poor soils, apply a light balanced slow-release fertilizer in early spring
✂️ Pruning & Care
- Minimal pruning required
- Remove dead or crossing branches in late winter
- Allow natural upright form to develop
🌿 What Makes It Thrive
- Full sun exposure
- Consistent moisture during establishment
- Low competition planting areas
- Wetland or restoration environments
✨ Bald Cypress is a true Florida classic—offering strength, longevity, wildlife value, and unmatched beauty in both wet and upland landscapes.
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