Cupressus arizonica

Description: 'Blue Ice' _ 'Blue Ice' is a tall, evergreen, coniferous tree with a narrow, flame-shaped habit. Its foliage is vivid whitish-blue and held in dense sprays. Botanical Name Cupressus arizonica

Common Name: Blue Ice

Family: Cupressaceae

Height: 6 -9m

Foliage: Evergreen, scale-like, keeled, tight and crowded on the twig in opposite pairs resulting in a square twig, glandular and often resinous; gray-green to silvery blue, often quite glaucous, bad smelling when bruised.

Flower: Monoecious; males are small, pale yellow-green at ends of branch tips; females small light green near branch tips.

Habitat: Sun; well drained soil; does well in hot, dry sites

Tolerances: Drought-tolerant Prune: Prune to shape Watering Needs: infrequent but deep, good drainage