With its deep roots, Arizona cypress serves well as a windbreak and for erosion control. It can also be grown as a cut or a living Christmas tree.The tree grows at a moderate to fast pace, adding ...

Whatever its true botanical affinity, only time will tell if Arizona cypress will make a good, long-term (30+ years) narrow, upright evergreen conifer in the southeast ...

Arizona Cypress Tree. The Arizona cypress tree (Hesperocyparis arizonica) is a low-maintenance, drought-tolerant southwestern ...

The Arizona cypress is cold hardy from zones 6-9. To grow your own, select a site with as much sun as possible. This really allows the color to pop.

The Arizona Cypress Trail, in the Upper Dry Creek area of Coconino National Forest, is a go-to hike for its mountain views and shady trees.

The Arizona cypress is a great habitat tree, providing shelter and food for many local birds and small mammals. If drought-stressed (as many are in the wild) it is susceptible to bark beetles.

Q: I have three Arizona cypress trees on the west side of my backyard in the Northeast Heights here in Albuquerque. The bark on all three is peeling away, which I know is normal for an Arizona ...

They can attack Arizona cypress and juniper plants overall and leave them looking sickly and off-color. As for the Seiridium canker, it kills branches/portions of the tree at a time.