This one was in stock so I could see it was worth the extra bucks. I was considering buying on-line which I often do, mainly for the variety available there. The foliage is dark green throughout but I love the way the shaded inner branches contrast with brighter drooping limbs. The trees are fast enough to be used for screening, sufficiently shade tolerant for use in hedges, and narrow enough, even in age, to suit our urban lack of. One storm dumped 8.5 inches! It’s really a lovely, full tree and only a couple small inner branches turned brown, but they seemingly disappeared after a couple weeks and now you can’t even tell. Leaves tightly appressed, dark bluish or grayish green, in 4 rows of similar size (3-6 mm long) (in alternating opposite pairs), an unpleasant, mildewy odor when bruised. This award-winning conifer makes a dramatic addition to the garden where it can add valuable winter interest. Conifer (but not a true cedar), evergreen tree, 60-90 ft (18-27 m) tall, slender conical, with drooping branches and flattened sprays. But we’ve been getting a huge amount of rain in Connecticut this year and it’s often been overcast for days. Virtues: The weeping Nootka cypress ( Cupressusnootkatensis ‘Pendula’) is an evergreen tree with lots of personality, thanks to its draping, drooping branches that would fit right into a Dr. It’s doing really great and now a year later it’s an incredible 8 ft. weeping purple beech (which I affectionately named Sweet’ums). By far my most expensive planting and it went smack dab in the middle of my front yard where the neighborhood can appreciate it and I can watch it grow. tall Nootka from Monrovia through my local nursery/garden center in October 2020 for $300.
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