Arizona Cypress
Hesperocyparis arizonicaArizona Cypress is a large tree from the Village of the Hills planting guide that grows 25–50 ft tall and 15–25 ft wide. It wants full sun and very low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in spring. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds and small mammals.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsSteel-blue to gray-green conifer with a narrow pyramidal form and shreddy bark.
Why it works here
Fast evergreen screen with real drought tolerance once established — one of the few conifers that will not sulk in a dry Hill Country summer.
Watch out
Needs sharp drainage; it dies in irrigated clay. Plant it away from turf zones and do not overwater in year one.
The facts
7 sources- Type
- Large tree
- Sun
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 25–50 ft
- Spread
- 15–25 ft
- Bloom
- Spring · yellow
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Rarely browsed. Protect young trunks from antler rub.
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and small mammals
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
Can you buy it?
Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.