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| Botanical Name: |
Cupressus sempervirens
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Pencil Pine
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| Family Name: |
CUPRESSACEAE
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| Genus: |
Cupressus
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sempervirens
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| Name Derivation |
G: Lat. kus - to produce, parisos - equal; S: Lat. always in leaf
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| Growth Habit: |
Evergreen tree
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| Dimensions: |
10-20m x 5m.
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| Flower: |
Male flowers yellow pollen bearing, female flowers develop into a cone.
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| Climate: |
Frost tolerant and drought resistant, wind firm.
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| Fruit: |
Cones 1.8-3cm with 8-14 spiked scales, oval in shape.
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| Propagation: |
Seed or cuttings.
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| Horticulture Use: |
Avenues, hedges, roadsides, noise barriers. The cultivars form good upright habit for small areas and tub plants.
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Trim the sides if it gets too wide, can tolerate heavy pruning to form a hedge. Prevent over rich soils as the pencil pines tend to loose their characteristic tightness of habit and prone to wind damage.
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| Foliage: |
Green or golden in cultivar forms, leaves modified to scales.
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