CATTON ARBORETUM

Xanthocyparis nootkatensis Pendula

Common name: Weeping Alaska Cypress

Year planted: 2019

Country of origin: Oregon to Alaska

Year introduced: Discovered by Archibald Menzies around 1791. Originally sent to Germany and Russia and arrived in the UK in 1853

Description: A very hardy tree growing up to 1800m in its natural forests. Pendula is a selection with lax pendulous branch tips. Prefers moist conditions. An evergreen tree with branched sprays of small scale like leaves. Produces roughly spherical cones that mature in two years

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Tree number: 75
Xanthocyparis nootkatensis Pendula (Weeping Alaska Cypress)