Leyland Cypress, X Cupressocyparis leylandi, was thought to be the plant world’s equivalent of a mule. ... ranging in color and form from golden and compact to deep green and towering.

By the way, a particularly nice and colorful Leyland cypress variety is 'Gold Rider,' which has lemony gold-tinted needles. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on ...

Leyland Cypress trees are beautiful but need proper planting and pruning, careful landscape considerations, and have certain pest concerns. ... Introduction to the Golden Rain-Tree.

Leyland and lawson cypress trees are frequently planted to form hedges and clipped to restrict their natural proportions - they can grow to more than 100ft high and 24ft wide otherwise ...

Common name: Naylor’s Blue Leyland cypress Botanical name: Cupressocyparis leylandii hybrid Growth habit: Large pyramidal form; loosely branched and open. Size: From 10 to 15 feet wide and fr… ...

The near-ubiquitous Leyland Cypress — or leylandii — is an evergreen with an extraordinary back story. ... Other popular forms of leylandii are Castellan Gold, raised as a seedling at Castwellan in ...

The Eureka Sequoia Garden Club will meet Friday at 11 a.m. at the Pierson Garden Shop, 4100 Broadway, for a tour through the nursery and a discussion about the winter garden and its plants, includi… ...

Leyland cypress trees grow best in USDA hardiness zones 6 to 10 and need full sun to thrive. These fast-growing plants prefer well-drained soil and can tolerate drought, which means they require ...

The Leyland cypress has a short history in the SE US , and started getting popular only in the mid-1980s, even though the hybrid, of garden origin, had been around for about 100 years.

Leyland cypress is enormously popular in Southern landscapes. Even so, it is not particularly suited for heat and drought. Both lead to disease, from which a Leyland has a hard time recovering.

Leyland cypress is a pretty plant but has too many built-in problems, the main one being disease issues. Cypress trees do well here, but do your homework. Advertisement. Resources.