{"title":"Bald Cypress (Taxodium)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBald cypress is a conifer that drops the needles, which is where the name comes from, and a swamp tree that grows perfectly well in an ordinary garden bed, which is the part most people find hard to believe. Autumn color is rust and cinnamon, held late, and the winter silhouette of a mature tree is one of the great shapes of the Southern landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaxodium distichum\u003c\/em\u003e is the river bottom species, buttressed at the base and long-lived past the point of comfort; individuals in the Black River of North Carolina have been dated beyond two thousand years. \u003cem\u003eTaxodium ascendens\u003c\/em\u003e, the pond cypress, is narrower and finer, with needles pressed close along ascending shoots. Both send up knees in standing water and mostly do not bother in a dry site. Plant either in sun and almost any soil, wet or not.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"taxodium-distichum","title":"Taxodium distichum","description":"\u003cp\u003eBald cypress is the great deciduous conifer of the southern swamp, a long-lived, stately tree of river margins, bottomlands, and blackwater sloughs across the southern United States, and one of the most beautiful native trees the region has to offer. Soft, feathery, two-ranked needles clothe the branches in a light, bright green through summer, then turn a warm russet-orange and fall, leaving a broad, pyramidal frame bare for winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe species name distichum describes those two-ranked, feather-like leaves, and the swamp habit gives bald cypress the feature everyone knows: the knees, woody knobs that rise from the roots in standing water, thought to help the tree breathe or anchor in soft ground. Bald cypress is astonishingly long-lived, and some individuals in southern swamps are well over a thousand years old, among the oldest trees in eastern North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all the association with water, bald cypress grows perfectly well on ordinary upland soil once established, and thrives as a lawn specimen, a park tree, or even a street tree where there is room to spread. The light, dappled shade of the fine foliage welcomes lawn and underplanting, the fall color is dependable, and the fluted trunk and spreading buttresses grow more striking with age. A valuable timber tree as well, prized for rot-resistant wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive bald cypress full sun and a moist to wet soil, though the tree will take average garden ground and even periodic flooding in stride. Site at a pond edge, in a rain garden, in a low, wet spot, or as a large specimen where the broad frame and russet fall color have room, and pair with other moisture-loving natives. Fast-growing, trouble-free, and a tree to plant for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42058001285235,"sku":"TAXO-DIST-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-247.jpg?v=1720141375"},{"product_id":"taxodium-ascendens","title":"Taxodium ascendens","description":"\u003cp\u003ePond cypress is the quieter of the two native bald cypresses, a deciduous conifer closely related to the more widespread Taxodium distichum but smaller, tidier, and distinct in leaf. Where bald cypress wears soft, feather-like foliage, pond cypress carries fine, scale-like leaves pressed close and ascending along the shoots, giving the young tree a narrow, almost columnar, pyramidal outline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name Taxodium means yew-like, for the foliage, and ascendens describes the upright set of those scaly leaves. Pond cypress grows most often in the still, acidic waters of depressional wetlands, ponds, and cypress domes across the southern coastal plain, rather than along the moving rivers that bald cypress favors, and produces fewer of the knobby root knees that make bald cypress famous. Old trees flatten and grow picturesque, and in autumn the foliage turns a warm russet-orange before it falls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all the wetland origins, pond cypress is remarkably adaptable, growing well on ordinary upland soil and tough enough to serve as a street or parking-lot tree that few other conifers could match. The narrow young habit suits tight spaces, and the deciduous, fine-textured canopy casts a light, dappled shade that lawn and underplanting can enjoy. A native of the southern United States, and a fine choice for a wet spot, a pondside, or a rain garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive pond cypress full sun to part shade and a moist to wet, acidic soil, though the tree will take average garden ground once established. Site at a pond edge, in a rain garden or low, damp spot, or as a specimen or street tree where a narrow, deciduous conifer is wanted, and pair with other moisture-loving natives. Slow to moderate in growth, long-lived, and all but trouble-free.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42058001481843,"sku":"TAXO-ASCE-01G","price":15.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-246.jpg?v=1720141383"},{"product_id":"taxodium-mucronatum","title":"Taxodium mucronatum","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaxodium mucronatum has shorter leaves and larger cones than Taxodium disticum (which see). Could grow to be a very large tree if well sited as the famous tree \"El Tule\" in Oaxaca, Mexico is the largest tree in the world (trunk diameter). The native range of this tree is generally given as Mexico north to lower Rio Grande River in Texas. This species is evergreen or nearly so in warmer regions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42058001514611,"sku":"TA-ODIU-MUCR-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/collections\/taxodium.oembed","provider":"Woodlanders","version":"1.0","type":"link"}